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An assessment of the current structure of food demand in urban China
Author(s) -
Gould Brian W.,
Villarreal Hector J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00098.x
Subject(s) - almost ideal demand system , food away from home , economics , complementarity (molecular biology) , china , agricultural economics , commodity , survey data collection , econometrics , microeconomics , geography , food consumption , statistics , mathematics , market economy , archaeology , biology , genetics , production (economics)
We evaluate the current structure of food demand in urban China by using household expenditure survey data from five provinces. Two complementary analyses are undertaken. First, an aggregate analysis based on a fractional logit model is used to examine how households allocate food expenditures across the food‐at‐home (FAH) and food‐away‐from‐home (FAFH) categories. This is followed by a disaggregated analysis of how households allocated their FAH expenditures across 12 commodity categories. A Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is used. We find evidence of significant food purchase substitution and complementarity.