The demand for selected nutrients by Greek households: an empirical analysis with quantile regressions |
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Authors: | Panos Fousekis Panagiotis Lazaridis |
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Institution: | Department of International Economics and Political Studies, Macedonian University of Greece, 156 Egnatia St., 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece;;Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece |
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Abstract: | The article uses information from the 1993–1994 Household Consumption Survey and the semiparametric quantile regression approach to analyze the demand for three macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) and three micronutrients (minerals, vitamins, and cholesterol) in Greece. According to the empirical results the age of the household head, the degree of urbanization, the percentage of food expenditure devoted to food away‐from‐home, and the per capita consumption expenditure affect the intakes of nutrients across all the five quantiles considered. The impact, however, of the household head's gender and the impact of his (her) educational achievement are located only at the lower and the higher quantiles, respectively. The expenditure elasticities are substantially lower than unity, suggesting inelastic responses of nutrient intakes to per capita consumption expenditure. |
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Keywords: | D120 |
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