Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate dynamic food demand in urban China, with use of a complete … (UHS), we estimated the demand elasticities for primary food products in urban China. Findings – Our results indicate that … almost ideal demand system (LA/DAIDS). Employing provincial aggregate data (1995-2010) from the China urban household surveys …

This study provides an alternative explanation for the unusual apparent decline in food consumption in rural China …. Our results indicate that food consumption in rural China is currently being underestimated by about 30%. Our results also … and the calculation of per capita food consumption. In a household survey, total consumption for a household in a certain …

Many new products presumed to be privately beneficial to the poor have a high price elasticity of demand and ultimately … concern of trying to limit their cost. In this study, we use data from a two-year field experiment in rural China to define … model that includes the forces that are known to be determinants of insurance demand, provide reduced form confirmation of …

Many new products presumed to be privately beneficial to the poor have a high price elasticity of demand and ultimately … concern of trying to limit their cost. In this study, we use data from a two-year field experiment in rural China to define … model that includes the forces that are known to be determinants of insurance demand, provide reduced form confirmation of …

demand model, we find that exposing low-income households to the same products and prices available to high-income households … reduces nutritional inequality by only nine percent, while the remaining 91 percent is driven by differences in demand. These … findings counter the common notion that policies to reduce supply inequities, such as "food deserts," could play an important …

This article develops a model of food demand in which the quality and quantity of food purchased and the inter … are heavily censored at zero. The traditional approach for working with such data in demand estimation usually involves …

The paper analyzes food consumption patterns of Vietnamese households, using a complete demand system and socio … study points out that targeted food policies should be formulated based on specific food demand patterns in the groups. …-demographic information. Demand elasticities are estimated applying a modified Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model on the Vietnamese …