2019
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1588950
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Consumption patterns in Sri Lanka: a decomposition analysis

Abstract: Knowing consumer reaction to changes in prices and income is important in formulating microeconomic policies, such as public utility prices and commodity taxation. This paper analyses the consumption patterns of consumer goods grouped into eight broad commodities in Sri Lanka during the period 1975-2016, using a system-wide framework. The analysis indicates that Sri Lankan consumers allocate more than half of their income to food and nearly four fifths of their income to food, housing, and transport combined. … Show more

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“…Sri Lanka is a developing country which falls into the lower-middle income category. On average, more than 50% of Sri Lankan household income goes toward food (Rathnayaka et al, 2019), and not all consumers have access to sufficient supplies of nutritious food. Rising prices, income inequality, urbanisation, and changes in lifestyle patterns can be detrimental to engaging in healthy lifestyles.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Sri Lanka is a developing country which falls into the lower-middle income category. On average, more than 50% of Sri Lankan household income goes toward food (Rathnayaka et al, 2019), and not all consumers have access to sufficient supplies of nutritious food. Rising prices, income inequality, urbanisation, and changes in lifestyle patterns can be detrimental to engaging in healthy lifestyles.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The impacts of climate change on food accessibility in Sri Lanka was recently investigated by Esham et al (2018). Rathnayaka et al (2019) calculated price and income elasticities for a variety of goods and services, including food, under consideration of multiple policy scenarios. However, studies focusing specifically on food and nutrient elasticities are lacking.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The increase in the consumption of sugar has been associated with overweight and obesity (Grieger, Scott, and Cobiac 2012). (Landsberg et al 2010;Magee, Caputi, and Iverson 2013;Sanchez et al 2007;Lioret et al 2008;Sabbe et al 2008 Several studies have identified a healthier or traditional food consumption in children, with higher scores of vegetables, fruits, and dairy products (Rathnayaka, Selvanathan, and Selvanathan 2019;Kunin-Batson et al 2015;Heng and House 2018;Landsberg et al 2010). Other studies described non-traditional or mixed food consumption as unhealthy consumption patterns with high scores of soft drinks, sweets, and chocolates, and energy drinks (Gharib and Rasheed 2011;Magee, Caputi, and Iverson 2013;Grieger, Scott, and Cobiac 2012;Sanchez et al 2007).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While elasticity estimates can be used to measure the change in consumer demand related to changes in income and prices, it is also desirable to know the level of contribution of income and prices on consumption related to changes in income or commodity prices. Several studies highlight the importance of considering the distributional effects of various policies alongside changes in demand (Dong, 2006; Heien & Wessells, 1988; Karagiannis & Velentzas, 2004; Rathnayaka, Selvanathan, & Selvanathan, 2019a, Selvanathan et al., 2016). Therefore, in this section, we use the estimation results presented in Section 5 to decompose the growth in chicken, beef, pork, mutton, eggs and fish consumption in terms of autonomous trend, income, own‐price, and cross‐prices.…”
Section: Decomposing the Growth In Animal‐derived Food Consumptionmentioning
confidence: 99%