Targeting the Inter-generational Transmission of Food Preferences: the Influence of Public Decision-Makers

Moustapha Sarr ()
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Moustapha Sarr: EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of the public decision-maker on the intergenerational transmission of food preferences. We develop a theoretical model of food preferences inter-generational transmission in which parents transmit their own food preferences to their children through their food practices but also have a concern for the future public health conditions influenced by their feeding efforts. We find that, even if people fully care about future public health, the mechanism of food preferences transmission leads to a heterogeneous population where unhealthy food preferences persist. In this setup, we show that public interventions (public good provision and nutritional education program) induce a distribution of food preferences which converge to an homogeneous population with healthy food preferences.

Keywords: socialization effort; food preferences; inter-generational transmission; public health; public good provision; nutritional education program (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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