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 … most primary food products are necessities and price-inelastic for urban households in China. We also found that the …

This study provides an alternative explanation for the unusual apparent decline in food consumption in rural China … and the calculation of per capita food consumption. In a household survey, total consumption for a household in a certain … calculation of per capita food consumption is vulnerable to a mismatch between food and mouths. Total consumption may be subject …

This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay … the non homogeneity of food products. This is realized by providing an estimate of the value of the good by means of a … hedonic food price model. A model is proposed that decomposes unit values into spatial price factors and a value component …