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Some vegetarians spend less money on food, others don't

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  • Lusk, Jayson L.
  • Norwood, F. Bailey

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Vegetarianism is often promoted as a more ethical and less expensive diet. This study tests whether vegetarians do indeed spend less on food. A large U.S. internet survey consisting of 24,537 respondents is used to determine whether the self-reported food expenditures for vegetarians are different from their meat eating counterparts. Compared to meat eaters, results show that “true” vegetarians do indeed report lower food expenditures. They spend less partly due to the foods they eat and partly due to different demographics. We also find that some individuals self-identify as vegetarians even though they sometimes eat or buy meat, and this category of consumer spends more money on food than meat eaters. This demonstrates that there are at least two different types of self-identified vegetarians.

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  • Lusk, Jayson L. & Norwood, F. Bailey, 2016. "Some vegetarians spend less money on food, others don't," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 232-242.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:130:y:2016:i:c:p:232-242
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.07.005
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    1. Daniel Francisco Pais & António Cardoso Marques & José Alberto Fuinhas, 2022. "The cost of healthier and more sustainable food choices: Do plant-based consumers spend more on food?," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 10(1), pages 1-21, December.
    2. Nicolas Treich, 2018. "Veganomics : vers une approche économique du véganisme ?," Revue française d'économie, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(4), pages 3-48.
    3. Ladislav Pilař & Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská & Pavel Moulis & Roman Kvasnička & Stanislav Rojík & Ivana Tichá, 2019. "Who spends the most money at farmers' markets?," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 65(11), pages 491-498.

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