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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Income and Price Elasticities of Food Demand and Nutrient Consumption in Malawi
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| Autores: |
Ecker, Olivier
Qaim, Matin
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| Data: |
2008-05-06
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Quadratic almost ideal demand system
Food security
Micronutrient malnutrition
Calorie elasticities
Nutrient elasticities
Malawi
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
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| Resumo: |
Widespread malnutrition in developing countries calls for appropriate interventions, presupposing good knowledge about the nutritional impacts of policies. Little previous work has been carried out in this direction. We present a comprehensive analytical framework, which we apply for Malawi. Using household data and a demand systems approach, we estimate income and price elasticities of food, calorie, and micronutrient consumption. These estimates are used for policy simulations. Given multiple nutrient deficiencies, income-related policies are better suited than price policies to improve nutrition. While consumer subsidies for maize increase calorie and mineral consumption, they contribute to a higher prevalence of vitamin deficiencies.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
29958
http://purl.umn.edu/6349
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| Relação: |
American Agricultural Economics Association>2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida
Selected Paper
451037
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| Formato: |
38
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