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

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-98

  Capacci, Sara ^a   Mazzocchi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPENDITURE; FOOD MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INCOME; MARKET; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

FEMALE; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VEGETABLES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951671210     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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