Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition

Nicole Darmon (), Anne Lacroix, Laurent Muller and Bernard Ruffieux
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Nicole Darmon: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Laurent Muller: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée = Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Bernard Ruffieux: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée = Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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Abstract: Prices are an important determinant of food choices. Consequently, food price policies (subsidies and/or taxes) are proposed to improve the nutritional quality of diets. The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of food price policies on the expenditures and nutritional quality of the food baskets chosen by low- and medium-income households.

Keywords: Nutrition policy; Nutritional quality; Food choices; Poverty; Experimental economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2014, 11 (1), pp.article n° 66. ⟨10.1186/1479-5868-11-66⟩

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DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-66

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