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 … almost ideal demand system (LA/DAIDS). Employing provincial aggregate data (1995-2010) from the China urban household surveys …

This study provides an alternative explanation for the unusual apparent decline in food consumption in rural China …. Our results indicate that food consumption in rural China is currently being underestimated by about 30%. Our results also … and the calculation of per capita food consumption. In a household survey, total consumption for a household in a certain …

Many studies of food demand do not use actual prices but unit values, obtained by dividing expenditures by the quantity … price elasticities of demand and applies the framework to data for rural China. Empirical results indicate that households … in rural China tend to consume higher-quality food as income increases, with a greater sensitivity to income for basic …

Many new products presumed to be privately beneficial to the poor have a high price elasticity of demand and ultimately … concern of trying to limit their cost. In this study, we use data from a two-year field experiment in rural China to define … model that includes the forces that are known to be determinants of insurance demand, provide reduced form confirmation of …

Many new products presumed to be privately beneficial to the poor have a high price elasticity of demand and ultimately … concern of trying to limit their cost. In this study, we use data from a two-year field experiment in rural China to define … model that includes the forces that are known to be determinants of insurance demand, provide reduced form confirmation of …

A two-stage budgeting LES-LA/AIDS system is used to estimate rural household demand in China with special emphasis on … changes in demand for fruit and vegetable commodities across different income groups. The own-price elasticity for food was … found to be more elastic than that for clothing, housing, durable goods, and other items. Within the food group, price …