Background: Genetically modified (GM) foods could be a promising option to reduce the dependence of the agri-food … system on conventional means of crop improvement. However, the safety of GM food remains a concern, in addition to the … tools. The search strategy utilized the topic basis search of phrases related to GM food preference and perception …

We investigate the relationship between household debt and health outcomes for OECD countries over the period 1995 to … 2012. Using a dataset of aggregated, standardized and objective measures of household debt and health outcomes, we estimate … an instrumental variable (GMM) model in order to deal with endogeneity and reverse causality concerns between health and …

chapter explores the trade effects of different NTBs, especially labeling and food safety regulations in food and agriculture …. The upshot of this chapter is that trade can enhance economic growth and development. Standards such as labels and food …

In this paper we apply the meta-regression technique to survey the empirical literature on the economic incidence of … labour taxes and social security contributions. In particular, we focus on the effects of taxation on wages to test the …

In this paper we apply the meta-regression technique to survey the empirical literature on the economic incidence of … labour taxes and social security contributions. In particular, we focus on the effects of taxation on wages to test the …

Widespread hunger and malnutrition persist today despite considerable growth in per capita food availability. This has … prompted an evolving conceptualization of food security and of mechanisms to attain and maintain food security. This chapter … discusses both food security and food assistance programs designed to respond to the threat of food insecurity. …

Households’ welfare in developing countries has been hit by dramatic food prices increases which occurred between 2005 … and 2008. In this paper, we adopt a partial equilibrium approach to analyze the short-time effects of a staple food price … increase on nutritional attainments, as a measure of welfare. The analysis consists of first approximating complete food …

This paper explores changes in the level and composition of per capita food consumption across the world; it does not … discuss intra-country inequalities in food access, nor the prevalence of hunger resulting from those inequalities. The world …'s food output has more than trebled since 1961 whilst population only doubled, causing a marked increase in per capita food …