Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico

We estimate the income elasticity for a variety of macro- and micronutrients using a sample of poor rural households in Mexico. The nutrient-income elasticity is estimated using both parametric and semiparametric methods. A special focus is placed on the nonlinearity of the relationship between nutr...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Di Maro, Vincenzo, Gonzalez-Cossio, Teresa, Rodriguez Ramirez, Sonia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Health Production I120 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4950

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spelling	okr-10986-49502021-04-23T14:02:20Z Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico Skoufias, Emmanuel Di Maro, Vincenzo Gonzalez-Cossio, Teresa Rodriguez Ramirez, Sonia Health Production I120 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 We estimate the income elasticity for a variety of macro- and micronutrients using a sample of poor rural households in Mexico. The nutrient-income elasticity is estimated using both parametric and semiparametric methods. A special focus is placed on the nonlinearity of the relationship between nutrient intake and income and on measurement error and endogeneity issues. One major finding is that income elasticity for calories is close to zero when we control for measurement error issues. For some nutrients, namely fats, vitamin A and C, calcium, and heme iron, we find a sizeable positive income elasticity robust to the choice of the estimator and percentiles at which it is evaluated. These nutrients are also those for which we find the largest deficiency in our sample. In addition, we find that for the poorest households in our sample, the deficiency of total energy, protein, and zinc is not accompanied by a positive income elasticity. 2012-03-30T07:30:32Z 2012-03-30T07:30:32Z 2009 Journal Article Agricultural Economics 01695150 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4950 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Mexico
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topic	Health Production I120 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230
spellingShingle	Health Production I120 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration Regional Labor Markets Population Neighborhood Characteristics R230 Skoufias, Emmanuel Di Maro, Vincenzo Gonzalez-Cossio, Teresa Rodriguez Ramirez, Sonia Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico
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description	We estimate the income elasticity for a variety of macro- and micronutrients using a sample of poor rural households in Mexico. The nutrient-income elasticity is estimated using both parametric and semiparametric methods. A special focus is placed on the nonlinearity of the relationship between nutrient intake and income and on measurement error and endogeneity issues. One major finding is that income elasticity for calories is close to zero when we control for measurement error issues. For some nutrients, namely fats, vitamin A and C, calcium, and heme iron, we find a sizeable positive income elasticity robust to the choice of the estimator and percentiles at which it is evaluated. These nutrients are also those for which we find the largest deficiency in our sample. In addition, we find that for the poorest households in our sample, the deficiency of total energy, protein, and zinc is not accompanied by a positive income elasticity.
format	Journal Article
author	Skoufias, Emmanuel Di Maro, Vincenzo Gonzalez-Cossio, Teresa Rodriguez Ramirez, Sonia
author_facet	Skoufias, Emmanuel Di Maro, Vincenzo Gonzalez-Cossio, Teresa Rodriguez Ramirez, Sonia
author_sort	Skoufias, Emmanuel
title	Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico
title_short	Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico
title_full	Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico
title_fullStr	Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico
title_sort	nutrient consumption and household income in rural mexico
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Nutrient Consumption and Household Income in Rural Mexico

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