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Calorie Elasticities with Income Dynamics: Evidence from the Literature
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Titel: |
Calorie Elasticities with Income Dynamics: Evidence from the Literature |
In: | Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 37, 2015, 4, S. 575-601 |
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Wiley
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Umfang: | 575-601 |
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2040-5790 2040-5804 |
DOI: | 10.1093/aepp/ppu043 |
Zusammenfassung: | <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper proposes a finite mixture model to identify the behavioral transition of calorie consumption with an assumption that nutrition consumption is a mixture of behaviors in two different stages: a poor stage and an affluent stage. Based on a meta‐analysis of 387 calorie‐income elasticities collected from 90 primary studies, it is found that the threshold income for calorie demand transition is $460 in 2012 prices. This implies that the transitional threshold for calorie consumption is $1.26/day, which is slightly lower than the World Bank's poverty line ($1.25/day in 2005 purchasing power parity prices) after deflation. This study provides a new empirical approach to evaluate the transition of calorie consumption and poverty line.</jats:p> |
Format: | E-Article |
Quelle: | Wiley (CrossRef) |
Sprache: | Englisch |