Economic crisis and the unemployment effect on household food expenditure: The case of Spain

Antelo, Manel; Magdalena, Pilar; Reboredo, Juan C.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.03.003

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“…In fact, specific regions have been badly hit by high unemployment rates and are mentioned in detail above. As the ROU is an important indicator to assess the robustness and viability of an economy, the above results are in line with the poor economic conditions that Portugal, Spain, and Greece experienced in that period and also indicative of the sustainability of economies in central Europe [51][52][53][54].…”

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Further Widening or Bridging the Gap? A Cross-Regional Study of Unemployment across the EU Amid Economic Crisis

Grekousis

2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:The 2008 global economic crisis led to a sharp increase in unemployment with an estimated 210 million people being unemployed worldwide by 2010. This study analyzes the spatio-temporal distribution of unemployment in the European Union (EU) at a cross-regional level between 2008 and 2013 to identify if spatio-temporal patterns of unemployment exist, and if the European regions have suffered similarly during the study period. Various local spatial autocorrelation techniques are applied and results show that unemployment is highly polarized across the EU regions. Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece are experiencing high rates of unemployment forming clusters in space and time. By contrast, Germany, Austria, and nearby regions are more resilient to the economic crisis strains thus creating spatial clusters of low rates of unemployment. Spatial autocorrelation increased considerably in 2013 compared to 2008, indicating further polarization of unemployment and a widening gap between the south and the central-north, showcasing that the severe austerity measures imposed in the beginning of the crisis on some countries did not have any positive effect on unemployment mitigation. The paper also discusses interesting cross-regional patterns to assist policymakers and planners to better understand how high rates of unemployment are spreading geographically and thus take preventive measures to alleviate the implications of the phenomenon. The proposed analysis delves deeper into comprehending geographies of change, and related findings can support spatial planning for achieving society's sustainability.

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confidence: 74%

Further Widening or Bridging the Gap? A Cross-Regional Study of Unemployment across the EU Amid Economic Crisis

Grekousis

2018

Sustainability

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“…)1( In this matrix, stands for the effect of the element i on element j based on kth expert vision. In order to form final direct relation matrix, the mean of experts' comments was calculated for each element: (2) And a direct relation matrix (X) was calculated by estimating the gray mean of experts' comments. The sum of the upper and lower bounds of each row was individually calculated.…”

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A hybrid model of competitive advantage based on Bourdieu capital theory and competitive intelligence using fuzzy Delphi and ISM-Gray DEMATEL (study of Iranian food industry)

Bonyadi¹,

Mosayebi²,

Mohajerani³

2019

International Review

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Competitive advantage is an important issue emphasized in management and strategic planning over the past few years. This study was aimed to comprehensively evaluate competitive advantage and design and explain a hybrid model of competitive advantage based on Bourdieu capital theory and competitive intelligence using fuzzy Delphi and ISM-Gray DEMATEL in Iran Food Industry. This article applies a method to managers, with the findings indicating that the firms will not be able to achieve competitive advantage in the market unless they are formed by a high start-up capital and a high competitive intelligence and awareness on the part of the managers as to the business conditions. Such factors enable organizations to make better use of their own cultural and social capitals. Also, the optimal use of social and cultural capitals ameliorates the competitive advantages of the organizations. The authenticity and the economic values added of organizations are further enhanced by obtaining competitive advantage. Promoting organizations' credit and brand improves their economic and market value added, which, in turn augment their capitals and economic assets.

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“…Studies of food expenditures have been conducted by some scholars, but the majority focuses on the composition of food consumed and its relationship with income [22,23], economic growth [24,25], as well as urbanization [5,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. In addition, other studies showed the relationship between food consumption composition with poverty [33][34][35] and unemployment [36][37][38][39][40] showing that both issues limit people's ability to consume more various and healthier food. It should be of concern that currently, the connection among regions has been increased extensively; thus, the flow of goods and people, including food products, has become more intense.…”

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Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic Driving Factors of Food Expenditure Variation between Provinces in Indonesia

2020

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Food security has become one of the global challenges; therefore, monitoring food consumption is required. As food consumption is a resultant of food availability at an affordable price, food expenditure actually is a key indicator to assess food security policy. Particularly, the link of food expenditure with socio-economic factors based on the perspective of spatial connectivity should be understood as nowadays food supply and demand between regions are increasingly connected. This study aims to define socio-economic driving factors of food expenditure that considering spatial connectivity between provinces in Indonesia. Data of household food expenditure and socio-economic factors by province including urbanization level, economic growth, gross domestic regional product (GDRP) per capita, poverty severity index, and unemployment rate were used. The preliminary test on the spatial correlation of food expenditure showed a significant result; thus, a spatial regression approach was employed. The results showed that declining food expenditure did not simply indicate increasing prosperity. Larger income disparity among the poor has become crucial to detect lower food expenditure caused by a lack of income. In addition, the increasing unemployment rate was followed by increasing food expenditure. Despite economic growth, increasing GDRP per capita and urbanization contributing to declining food expenditure, both poverty and unemployment are the main issues that threaten household's ability to afford food. Furthermore, the effect of food expenditure in the neighboring region is also significant, but it shows a contradictory relationship as food expenditure in a region is decreasing when food expenditure in its neighbors is increasing, and vice versa. Therefore, reducing disparities in economic growth, GDRP per capita, urbanization, poverty, and unemployment rate between provinces is also crucial to support more equal food expenditure as well as to achieve the second goal of SDG's (Sustainable Development Goals) in improving food security.

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Economic crisis and the unemployment effect on household food expenditure: The case of Spain

Cited by 23 publications

References 47 publications

Further Widening or Bridging the Gap? A Cross-Regional Study of Unemployment across the EU Amid Economic Crisis

Further Widening or Bridging the Gap? A Cross-Regional Study of Unemployment across the EU Amid Economic Crisis

A hybrid model of competitive advantage based on Bourdieu capital theory and competitive intelligence using fuzzy Delphi and ISM-Gray DEMATEL (study of Iranian food industry)

Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic Driving Factors of Food Expenditure Variation between Provinces in Indonesia

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