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Five-a-day, a price to pay: An evaluation of the UK program impact accounting for market forces

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  • Capacci, Sara
  • Mazzocchi, Mario

Abstract

We provide an ex-post assessment of the UK 5-a-day information campaign, where the positive effects of information are disentangled from potentially conflicting price dynamics. Using 4 years of data from the Expenditure and Food Survey between 2002 and 2006, we estimate that the 5-a-day program has lifted fruit and vegetable consumption by 0.3 portions, on average. We also provide quantitative evidence of a differentiated impact by income group, ranging from 0.2 to 0.7 portions. All impacts are larger than those observed by simply comparing pre-policy and post-policy intakes.

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Volume (Year): 30 (2011)
Issue (Month): 1 (January)
Pages: 87-98

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Keywords: Policy evaluation Almost Ideal Demand System Fruit and vegetable prices Expenditure and Food Survey;

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