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
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4950

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