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-run relationship between food price inflation and poverty reduction in Argentina. Results from the cointegration tests reveal that … economic growth, food price inflation and poverty reduction exhibit a long-run relationship. The results from the VECM support … the argument that there exists a uni-directional causality running from food price inflation and economic growth to …
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Measuring food waste at the individual household level has been nearly impossible because comprehensive, current data … on uneaten food do not exist. By using food acquisition data, this article employs a new approach to estimating household …-level food waste via a stochastic production frontier model in which food waste is identified as input inefficiency. For …
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This study intends to through light on the various aspects of frozen food and buying behavior. Frozen food has been … contemplated and viewed as artificial form of food but yes in the growing and health conscious times of this era it has noticeably …, the data was analyzed using linear regression for which SPSS software was used. It was found that the frozen food has a …
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This paper investigates household food waste in the context of inefficient food production. Food waste is typically … defined as the proportion of edible food that goes unconsumed, whereas inefficiency is measured by a household's inability to … reach some technically efficient production frontier. Because food waste can be avoided through improved efficiency, we …
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price as indicated by the absence of any effect on their calorie intake and food diversity. Income plays a crucial role in … dietary diversity indicating the importance of effective income support programmes at the time of food price shocks …
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We use a quantitative spatial equilibrium model to evaluate the distributional and welfare impacts of a recent temporary rent control policy in Berlin, Germany. We calibrate the model to key features of Berlin’s housing market, in particular the recent gentrification of inner city locations....
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The paper aims at measuring the rental housing market regulations in Germany between 1913 and 2015. Four classes of housing policy are considered: Rent controls, tenant protection, rationing of housing, and fostering of social housing. Based on a thorough analysis of federal and regional...
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How do housing rents, quality and affordability evolve when cities grow over time? This paper studies urban housing markets for half a millennium (1500–2017) for Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, London, and Paris. Based on a dataset of 436,000 rent observations, we build new...
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I study a staggered policy change intended to reduce bidding wars for homes by increasing their list price and eliminating underpricing. Using a novel and large micro data set and a difference-in-difference methodology, I find that increasing the list price reduces the buyer arrival rates in all...
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Rent controls are firmly back on the political agenda. At the national level the reintroduction of rent controls is now official Labour Party policy. At the London level Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for their reintroduction as well. Politicians, however, are in this case merely following a shift in...
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