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Are fruit and vegetable voucher policies cost-effective?

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  • Olivier de Mouzon

    (GREMAQ - Groupe de recherche en économie mathématique et quantitative - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Vincent V. Requillart

    (GREMAQ - Groupe de recherche en économie mathématique et quantitative - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Louis Georges Soler

    (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

  • Jean Dallongeville

    (Institut Pasteur de Lille - RIIP - Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur)

Abstract

We quantify the economic and health effects of a fruit and vegetable (FV) voucher policy designed for increasing FV consumption among low-income consumers. The analysis combined two models: an economic model which predicts how FV consumption is affected by a change in policy, and a health model which evaluates the impact of a change in FV consumption in terms of death avoided and life-years saved. We find that targeted FV voucher policies can be more cost-effective than non-targeted policies based on tax decreases, but only when the targeted policy is focused narrowly on the lowest income consumers.

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  • Olivier de Mouzon & Vincent V. Requillart & Louis Georges Soler & Jean Dallongeville, 2012. "Are fruit and vegetable voucher policies cost-effective?," Post-Print hal-02646742, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02646742
    DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs013
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