The Impact of Food Price Shocks on Consumption and Nutritional Patterns of Urban Mexican Households

Miriam Juarez

No 211818, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: During the 2000s, recurrent food price shocks in Mexico modified consumption and nutritional patterns of households. This research quantifies the impacts of food price shocks on the purchase of nutrients and on the weight gain of children in urban Mexican households. We find differentiated patterns of food consumption across income quintiles, which result in heterogeneous effects of price shocks on the purchase of nutrients and on weight gain according to age and sex in children. In particular, cereal price shocks are more detrimental and more regressive than price shocks on other categories like meats, vegetables or beverages.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: The Impact of Food Price Shocks on Consumption and Nutritional Patterns of Urban Mexican Households (2015)
Working Paper: The Impact of Food Price Shocks on the Consumption and Nutritional Patterns of Mexican Households (2013)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.211818

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