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Household Grain Consumption in China: Effects of Income, Price and Urbanization
Author(s) -
Wu Yanrui,
Wu Harry X.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
asian economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.345
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-8381
pISSN - 1351-3958
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8381.113040
Subject(s) - urbanization , consumption (sociology) , china , economics , agricultural economics , household income , economic growth , geography , social science , archaeology , sociology
The objectives of this study of household grain consumption in China are to update previous estimates of consumption parameters, to look at the effect of urbanization on grain consumption and to compare household demand patterns across the region. Household grain consumption is divided into two categories: direct and indirect grain consumption. Demand systems are estimated for four consumer groups, rural, town, city and large city, respectively, using data from the 1991 rural and urban household surveys undertaken by China's State Statistical Bureau. The impact on grain consumption of income, price and urbanization is particularly elaborated.