Getting a healthy start: The effectiveness of targeted benefits for improving dietary choices
Rachel Griffith,
Stephanie von Hinke and
Sarah Smith
Journal of Health Economics, 2018, vol. 58, issue C, 176-187
Abstract:
There is growing policy interest in encouraging better dietary choices. We study a nationally-implemented policy – the UK Healthy Start scheme – that introduced vouchers for fruit, vegetables and milk. We show that the policy has increased spending on fruit and vegetables and has been more effective than an equivalent-value cash benefit. We also show that the policy improved the nutrient composition of households' shopping baskets, with no offsetting changes in spending on other foodstuffs.
Keywords: Dietary choices; Targeted benefits; Healthy Start scheme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.02.009
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