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Using Income Classes to Estimate Consumption Parameters for Food Policy Analysis

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  • Jacinto F. Fabiosa
  • Samarendu Mohanty
  • Darnell B. Smith
  • William H. Meyers

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How can economists estimate consumption parameters by income classes? The approach used in this paper combines price elasticities estimated from aggregated market data and income-class-specific elasticities derived from household expenditure surveys using Slutsky relationships to calculate income-class-specific price elasticities. The approach was applied to estimate income-class-specific price elasticities for major agricultural commodities consumed in Jamaica.

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  • Jacinto F. Fabiosa & Samarendu Mohanty & Darnell B. Smith & William H. Meyers, 1996. "Using Income Classes to Estimate Consumption Parameters for Food Policy Analysis," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 96-wp159, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
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    1. Seda Sengul & İsmail Tuncer, 2005. "Poverty levels and food demand of the poor in Turkey," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 21(3), pages 289-311.
    2. Mehmet Şahinli & Halil Fidan, 2012. "Estimation of food demand in Turkey: method of an almost ideal demand system," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 46(2), pages 653-663, February.

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