Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans: Would a Price Reduction Make a Difference?
| dc.creator | Dong, Diansheng | |
| dc.creator | Lin, Biing-Hwan | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T13:53:28Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:59:33Z | |
| dc.description | Americans’ diets, particularly those of low-income households, fall short of Government recommendations in the quantity of fruits and vegetables consumed. Some proposals suggest that a price subsidy for those products would encourage low-income Americans to consume more of them. This study estimated that a 10-percent subsidy would encourage low-income Americans to increase their consumption of fruits by 2.1-5.2 percent and vegetables by 2.1-4.9 percent. The annual cost of such a subsidy for low-income Americans would be about $310 million for fruits and $270 million for vegetables. And most would still not meet Federal dietary recommendations. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.55835 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/55835/files/ERR70report.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/55835 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/557579 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/55835 | |
| dc.title | Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans: Would a Price Reduction Make a Difference? | |
| dc.type | Text |