In their Food Security Assessment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses income data and a cross-country Engel curve for food energy (energy—income curve) to estimate distribution-sensitive food gaps of developing countries. In a recent Review of Agricultural Economics paper, Senauer and Sur...

In their Food Security Assessment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses income data and a cross-country Engel curve for food energy (energy-income curve) to estimate distribution-sensitive food gaps of developing countries. In a recent Review of Agricultural Economics, Senauer and Sur use the...