The impact of food price increases on caloric intake in China

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 465-476

  Jensen, Robert T ^a,b,c   Miller, Nolan H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Food prices; Nutrition; Poverty

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POVERTY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HUNAN;

EID: 57549118145     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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