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FOOD PRICE INFLATION AND CONSUMER WELFARE IN GHANA

Yaw Bonsu Osei-Asare and Mark Eghan

International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), 2013, vol. 01, issue 01, 13

Abstract: The paper analyses the effects of food price inflation on Ghanaian households using GLSS-5 household data. Expenditure endogeneity and truncated expenditures were controlled in the estimation process using the “Augmented Regression Approach” and Heckman’s two-stage procedure, respectively. Symmetry and homogeneity conditions were rejected in the unconstrained LA/AIDS model. The study reveals that cereals and bread; fish; vegetables; and roots and tubers will continue to constitute important share of Ghanaian food expenditure as they collectively constitute 67% of future food expenditure. Food price inflation between 2005 and 2011 has eroded real household food purchasing power by 47.18%.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156140

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