The authors investigate the relationship between calories, food quality, and household per capita expenditure using regression and semi-parametric methods on a sample of poor households from rural Mexico, where Programa de Apoyo Alimentario (PAL), a targeted nutritional program, is operating. The semi-parametric method yields an estimate of the elasticity between calorie and expenditure of 0.39 below the median and 0.28 above. The corresponding estimates...
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2009/12/01
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日志文章
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79408
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2013/10/21
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Food quality, calories, and household income
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international food policy research institute