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Frontiers of Economics in China

ISSN 1673-3444

ISSN 1673-3568(Online)

CN 11-5744/F

邮发代号 80-978

Frontiers of Economics in China  2013, Vol. 8 Issue (2): 186-206   https://doi.org/10.3868/s060-002-013-0009-9
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The Demand for Nutrients in China
The Demand for Nutrients in China
Xu Tian1(), Xiaohua Yu2()
1. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, and Courant Research Centre “Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries,” University of G?ttingen, 37073 G?ttingen, Germany; 2. Courant Research Centre “Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries,” University of G?ttingen, 37073 G?ttingen, Germany
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Abstract

China is experiencing a nutritional transition accompanied by its rapid economic growth. However, the relationship between income growth and nutritional improvement is still unclear. In contrast with the biased indirect method, this paper employs a direct method to estimate the income elasticities of 22 nutrients using household survey data to fill the gap in the current literature. Our results indicate that the income elasticities of most nutrients are smaller than that which is stated in the current literature using the indirect method, and vary for different income groups.

Key wordsnutrients    income elasticity    nutritional improvement    China
出版日期: 2013-06-05
Corresponding Author(s): Xu Tian,Email:xtian@gwdg.de; Xiaohua Yu,Email:xyu@uni-goettingen.de   
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. The Demand for Nutrients in China[J]. Frontiers of Economics in China, 2013, 8(2): 186-206.
Xu Tian, Xiaohua Yu. The Demand for Nutrients in China. Front Econ Chin, 2013, 8(2): 186-206.
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