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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Food economics"”.
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Three essays on food economics
… is comprised of three analyses of households' food acquisition behavior. In Chapter 2, we estimate the substitution between different food categories and time allocated to food purchase and preparation using a demand system which includes both the demand for time and that for goods, by …
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Three essays in environmental and food economics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Three Essays on Food Insecurity and Economics
… is composed of three manuscripts focusing on food insecurity and food economics in the United States. The first manuscript titled ``Differences in Food Insecurity Across the Rural/Urban Spectrum - The Role of Trade Flows" uses county food trade data to examine its correlation with food …
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Childcare
… attempts to analyze the effects of subsidized food dollars on the amount of daily childcare in households. More specifically, households in the low income category are of interest because they are the most likely to receive food subsidies. There has been a political debate recently in the …
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A pragmatist context-based assessment of the economic implications of eating patterns in a small sub-Saharan developing economy: Focus on Togo
… in preventing healthcare costs. Meanwhile, food supply system proficiency requires socially coherent organizational efficiency. Sub-Saharan Africa is widely presented in agro-food economics literature as a cultural block whereas it enfolds context-specific nations with specific biophysical …
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A micro-analysis of the influence of retail promotions on the healthiness of breakfast cereal purchases.
… it is these groups that are most susceptible to food marketing tools. One common tool are retail promotions such as temporary price reductions and multi-buy offers. This study investigates retail purchases made under different promotion types through the lens of the retailer and the consumer. The …
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Essays on the impact of income on family and child well-being
… I investigate whether families who are receiving food stamp benefits may be disadvantaged compared to higher income families due to the fact that those families who receive food stamps necessarily incur a time cost of food preparation when using food stamps to purchase food.