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Who Pays More for Food?

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  • Hayden Stewart
  • Noel Blisard

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Building on research with unit values, we demonstrate how a household's per serving and total vegetable expenditures depend on both the characteristics of the household and on its location. The lower a household's income, for example, the lower is vegetable spending, all else constant. However, households living in communities with high real estate prices, or with a high incidence of poverty, among other things, tend to pay more. Simulations further illustrate the effect that a community's characteristics can have on a household's vegetable spending, if the household lives in each of 10 cities in the United States.

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  • Hayden Stewart & Noel Blisard, 2008. "Who Pays More for Food?," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(1), pages 150-168, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jageco:v:59:y:2008:i:1:p:150-168
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00139.x
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