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Food price changes and consumer welfare in Ghana in the 1990s
Ackah, Charles; Appleton, Simon - 2007
In this paper, we analyse the effect of food price changes on household consumption in Ghana during the 1990s and … household welfare effect, one that jointly considers (static) first order effects as well as (dynamic) consumption responses, is … the object of this study. Food consumption behaviour in Ghana is analyzed by estimating a complete food demand system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319079
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Estimating the welfare costs of reforming the Iraq public distribution system : a mixed demand approach
Krishnan, Nandini; Olivieri, Sergio; Ramadan, Racha - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011887125
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Rising food prices and household welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - 2011
estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278528
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Food price changes and farm households' welfare in Nigeria : direct and indirect approach
Adekunle, C. P.; Akinbode, Sakiru Oladele; Shittu, … - In: Journal of applied economics 23 (2020) 1, pp. 409-425
This paper analyzed the welfare effects of price changes over categories of farm households in Nigeria taking into ….0% of farm households were net food buyers and suffered welfare loss (mean = 2.98) with the mean expenditure of N529, 397 ….5 per annum while 21.0% were net food sellers and enjoyed welfare gain (mean = −1.66) with the mean expenditure of N513, 755 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257169
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The Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor
Zezza, Alberto; Davis, Benjamin; Azzarri, Carlo; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper analyzes the household level impact of an increase in price of major tradable staple foods in a cross section of developing countries, using nationally representative household surveys. We find that, in the short term, poorer households and households with limited asset endowments and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880139
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Rising food prices and household welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011
estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643263
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Food Prices and Blood Cholesterol
Rahkovsky, Ilya; Gregory, Christian A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) cost Americans hundreds in billions of dollars. High cholesterol levels, which are closely related to diet habits, are a major contributor to CVD. In this paper we study whether changes in food prices are related to cholesterol levels and whether taxes or subsidies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021541
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Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021889
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Impacts of Rising Food Prices on Poverty and Welfare in Vietnam
Vu, Linh; Glewwe, Paul - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 36 (2011) 1
producers. This study examines the impact of rising food prices on welfare in Vietnam. Our results show that, overall, higher … food prices raised the average Vietnamese household’s welfare. However, higher food prices made most households worse off …. Average welfare was found to increase because the average welfare loss of households whose welfare declined (net purchasers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132475
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How NGOs approach resilience programming:
Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - In: Resilience for food and nutrition security
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114789