food availability is increasing or decreasing. Using data from China, we find that overall dietary knowledge has larger and …, and protein) when expected food availability increases than when it decreases. Without distinguishing the direction of … changes in expected food availability, most of the corresponding effects become smaller and statistically insignificant. Thus …

China’s agricultural and trade policies have been shifting despite little change in policy objectives. This paper …

China’s agricultural and trade policies have been shifting despite little change in policy objectives. This paper …

NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. Many developing countries use food-price subsidies or price controls to improve … the nutrition of the poor. However, subsidizing goods on which households spend a high proportion of their budget can … no evidence that the subsidies improved nutrition. In fact, it may have had a negative impact for some households …