Gaiha, Raghav; Kaicker, Nidhi; Imai, Katsushi; Thapa, Ganesh - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
In response to the Deaton and Dreze (2009) explanation of a downward shift in the calorie Engel curve in terms of lower requirements due to health improvements and lower activity levels in India, we develop an alternative explanation embedded in a standard demand theory framework, with food...