Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low … income group declined in the 1990s. Does this imply a zero or negative income elasticity for the low income group? This paper … that income elasticities of calorie consumption for urban households are far from zero, and the lower the income level the …

Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low … income group declined in the 1990s. Does this imply a zero or negative income elasticity for the low income group? This paper … that income elasticities of calorie consumption for urban households are far from zero, and the lower the income level the …

demand model, we find that exposing low-income households to the same products and prices available to high-income households …