Are estimates of calorie-income elasticities too high? a recalibration of the plausible range

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dc.creatorBouis, Howarth E.
dc.creatorHaddad, Lawrence James
dc.date1992-10
dc.date2025-01-29T12:57:13Z
dc.date2025-01-29T12:57:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:38:40Z
dc.descriptionThe wide range of calorie-income elasticities in the literature results, in large part, from the particular calorie and income variables used for estimation. Elasticities across four estimation techniques and four calorie-income variable pairs for a sample of Philippine farm households, ranged from 0.03 to 0.59. Estimates associated with calorie availability are biased upwards, first, because random errors in measuring food purchases are transmitted (by construction) both to calorie availability and total expenditures, and second, because the residual difference between family calorie intake and household calorie availability will often increase with income. The calorie intake-total expenditure variable pair gives the preferred elasticity estimate in the 0.08 0.14 range.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170686
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110401
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceBouis, Howarth E.; Haddad, Lawrence James. 1992. Are estimates of calorie-income elasticities too high? a recalibration of the plausible range. Journal of Development Economics 39(2): 333-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3878(92)90043-9
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjecteconomic situation
dc.subjectliving standards
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectfamilies
dc.titleAre estimates of calorie-income elasticities too high? a recalibration of the plausible range
dc.typeJournal Article

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