IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rjapxx/v3y1998i2p223-236.html

Changing patterns of alcohol consumption in rural China: Implications for the grain sector

Author

Abstract

This paper applies a demand model to examine alcohol consumption in rural China. Its objective is to investigate alcohol consumption patterns and their determinants in rural households. The empirical analysis is based on survey data of 1,000 rural households located in twenty counties within five provinces of China. The main issues considered include the effects of household income and demographic characteristics such as age, education, household size, location and occupation, on alcohol consumption.This study is the first of its kind and has important policy implications. In particular this study can shed light on the future demand for grain in China. Alcohol production is one of the major industrial users of grain. Changes in alcohol consumption patterns can directly affect the demand for grain in the future. It is an issue of great strategic significance for both China and the rest of the world.

Suggested Citation

  • Yanrui Wu, 1998. "Changing patterns of alcohol consumption in rural China: Implications for the grain sector," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(2), pages 223-236.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:3:y:1998:i:2:p:223-236
    DOI: 10.1080/13547869808724646
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13547869808724646
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/13547869808724646?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version below or

    for a different version of it.

    Other versions of this item:

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wang, Q. & Jensen, Helen H., 1994. "Household Demand for Alcoholic Beverages and Tea in Urban China," Staff General Research Papers Archive 839, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    2. E.A. Selvanathan, 1991. "A Cross-Country Alcohol Consumption Comparison: An application of the Rotterdam demand system," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 91-04, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
    3. Fan, Shenggen & Cramer, Gail & Wailes, Eric, 1994. "Food demand in rural China: evidence from rural household survey," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 11(1), pages 61-69, September.
    4. Yanrui Wu & Harry X Wu, 1994. "Household Grain Consumption in China: Effects of Income, Price and Urbanisation," Chinese Economies Research Centre (CERC) Working Papers 1994-14, University of Adelaide, Chinese Economies Research Centre.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Xin Gu & Zhang-Yue Zhou & Yan-Rui Wu, 2019. "Understanding China’S Urban Consumption Patterns: New Estimates And Implications," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 64(04), pages 961-981, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wan, Guang Hua, 2005. "Convergence in food consumption in Rural China: Evidence from household survey data," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 16(1), pages 90-102.
    2. Giraud-Héraud, Eric & Surry, Yves, 2001. "Les réponses de la recherche aux nouveaux enjeux de l’économie viti-vinicole," Cahiers d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales (CESR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), vol. 60, pages 1-5.
    3. Wang, Qingbin & Fuller, Frank & Hayes, Dermot & Halbrendt, Catherine, 1998. "Chinese Consumer Demand for Animal Products and Implications for U.S. Pork and Poultry Exports," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(1), pages 127-140, July.
    4. Yevgeniy Goryakin & Bayard Roberts & Martin McKee, 2015. "Price elasticities of alcohol demand: evidence from Russia," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 16(2), pages 185-199, March.
    5. Ma, Hengyun & Huang, Jikun & Rozelle, Scott & Rae, Allan N., 2003. "Livestock Product Consumption Patterns In Urban And Rural China," China Agriculture Project Working Papers 23689, Massey University, Centre for Applied Economics and Policy Studies.
    6. Hongbo Liu & Kevin A. Parton & Zhang-Yue Zhou & Rod Cox, 2009. "At-home meat consumption in China: an empirical study ," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 53(4), pages 485-501, October.
    7. Liu, Hongbo & Parton, Kevin A. & Zhou, Zhang-Yue & Cox, Rod, 2009. "At-home meat consumption in China: an empirical study," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 53(4), pages 1-17.
    8. Qingbin Wang & Robert Parsons & Guangxuan Zhang, 2010. "China's dairy markets: trends, disparities, and implications for trade," China Agricultural Economic Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 2(3), pages 356-371, September.
    9. Zhou, De & Yu, Xiaohua & Abler, David & Chen, Danhong, 2020. "Projecting meat and cereals demand for China based on a meta-analysis of income elasticities," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 59(C).
    10. Vardges Hovhannisyan & Marin Bozic, 2017. "Price Endogeneity and Food Demand in Urban China," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 68(2), pages 386-406, June.
    11. Dao‐Zhi Zeng & Toru Kikuchi, 2009. "Home Market Effect And Trade Costs," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 60(2), pages 253-270, June.
    12. Fang, Cheng & Beghin, John C., 2002. "Urban Demand for Edible Oils and Fats in China: Evidence from Household Survey Data," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(4), pages 732-753, December.
    13. Gong, X. & van Soest, A.H.O. & Zhang, P., 2000. "Sexual Bias and Household Consumption : A Semiparametic Analysis of Engel curves in Rural China," Other publications TiSEM 896cf4d1-37e5-490b-9e05-4, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    14. Stanmore, Roland & Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z., 1995. "The Structure Of The Chinese Food Industries: Implications For Model Building," 1995 Conference (39th), February 14-16, 1995, Perth, Australia 171110, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    15. Hengyun Ma & Allan Rae & Jikun Huang & Scott Rozelle, 2004. "Chinese animal product consumption in the 1990s," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 48(4), pages 569-590, December.
    16. Clements, Kenneth W. & Mariano, Marc Jim M. & Verikios, George & Wong, Berwyn, 2022. "How elastic is alcohol consumption?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 568-581.
    17. Han, Tong & Wahl, Thomas I. & Mittelhammer, Ronald C., 1998. "Rural Household Fruit And Vegetable Consumption In China," 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT 20854, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    18. Lichtenberg, Erik & Strand, Ivar E., Jr., 2000. "Joint Adoption Of Multiple Technologies: A Dual, Latent Demand Approach," Working Papers 28566, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    19. Adrian R. Fleissig, 2016. "Changing Trends in U.S. Alcohol Demand," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 44(3), pages 263-276, September.
    20. Liu, Kang Ernest & Chang, Hung-Hao & Chern, Wen S., 2008. "Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption over Time and across Regions in China: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis with Quantile Regression," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6531, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:3:y:1998:i:2:p:223-236. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rjap .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.