The effects of expenditure growth and urbanisation on food consumption in East Asia: a note on animal products
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Consumption functions for total animal-derived food products were estimated for six East Asian countries. Incorporation of
urbanisation was found to make a significant contribution to the functions. The urbanisation elasticities were always positive,
indicating that the process of urbanisation had a positive effect on the demand for animal food products. The expenditure
elasticities were also positive, but often less than they would be if estimated from consumption functions that excluded the
effects of urbanisation. Thus, projections of consumption that ignore the influence of urbanisation may be biased. © 1998
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