Rising Incomes and Nutritional Inequality in China
Bishop, John A.; Liu, Haiyong; & Zheng, Buhong. (2010). Rising Incomes and Nutritional Inequality in China. In Bishop, J.A. (Ed.), Studies in Applied Welfare Analysis: Papers from the Third ECINEQ Meeting (Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 18) (pp. 257-66). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Bishop, John A.; Liu, Haiyong; & Zheng, Buhong. (2010). Rising Incomes and Nutritional Inequality in China. In Bishop, J.A. (Ed.), Studies in Applied Welfare Analysis: Papers from the Third ECINEQ Meeting (Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 18) (pp. 257-66). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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Rising incomes in China have not led to a smaller degree of undernutrition as measured by percentage of population below calorie and protein recommended daily allowances. The weak relationship between income and nutrition is further demonstrated by our income elasticity estimates for calories and protein, which are generally zero. We do find that the percentage of fat in the calorie source is a normal good.
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Studies in Applied Welfare Analysis: Papers from the Third ECINEQ Meeting (Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 18)
Bishop, John A.
Liu, Haiyong
Zheng, Buhong
Bishop, J.A.
2010
18
257-66
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
10.1108/S1049-2585(2010)0000018014
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