Household food consumption in Turkey

Akbay, Cuma; Boz, İsmet; Chern, Wen S.

doi:10.1093/erae/jbm011

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“…Since the seminal work of Heien and Wessells (1990), several empirical procedures for censored data have been developed such as those suggested by Perali and Chavas (2000), Golan et al (2001) and Shonkwiler and Yen (1999). The latter approach is that commonly used in the literature (Akbay et al 2007;Caracciolo et al 2014). Shonkwiler and Yen (1999) modelled zero-food consumption for a demand system of I equations as below:…”

Section: Empirical Model Specificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drinking cheaply: the demand for basic wine in Italy

Cembalo

Caracciolo

Pomarici

2014

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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The wine market has evolved dramatically over the last three decades. The premium wine segment has expanded significantly to the detriment of basic wines. Nevertheless, in traditional wine producing and consuming countries, inexpensive wines still account for a large market share, both in volume and value. Marketing strategies for such wines are changing in an attempt to tap this increasingly crowded market segment. Despite its importance, the basic wine segment has not been studied in-depth and is often assumed to have no product differentiation. This paper tried to ascertain the existence of a possible degree of heterogeneity within nonpremium wines and to measure, by means of elasticity computation, the relationships among categories of wines aggregated with criteria that go beyond price. A demand system (censored QUAIDS) was estimated, using a statistically representative panel of 6,773 Italian households, to see to what extent, if any, substitution occurs in home consumption of basic wines, which is the main channel of distribution of inexpensive wines in Italy. Although price is an important lever in supply policies, our results also suggest the importance of packaging, such as carton as an alternative to glass.

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Section: Empirical Model Specificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drinking cheaply: the demand for basic wine in Italy

Cembalo

Caracciolo

Pomarici

2014

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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“…The most important factors affecting food consumption patterns are income level and lack of knowledge. Low-income families consume more bread, while high-income families consume more meat, meat products, fresh fruits, and vegetables (Pekcan and Karaagaoglu, 2000;HUIPS, 2004;Pekcan, 2006;Akbay et al, 2007).…”

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Secular trend in body height and weight of Turkish adults

Özer

2008

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The secular change in body size across generations provides information about public health changes and living conditions over time. In this study, secular height and weight changes in the adult Turkish population for the years between 1884 and 2006 were analyzed. The study was based on a contemporary cross-sectional survey conducted in Ankara, Turkey, on 1215 (703 males and 512 females) healthy adults. Historical data sets were obtained from previous surveys. Between 1884 and 2006, the mean height of Turkish males increased by 11.94 cm (0.98 cm/decade). The height increase was 6.59 cm (0.96 cm/decade) for females between 1937 and 2006: the mean weight increase was 15.78 kg for males and 14.12 kg for females during this same 69-year period. Although the mean height of Turkish males was within the range of the variations in European countries during the 1880s, Turkish males and females today are shorter and lighter than people in the United States and several European countries. In the first half of the 20th century, periods of sudden decreases, and subsequent recoveries, were identified. However, in the last three decades the positive secular change has accelerated rapidly due to modest improvements in the socio-economic prosperity of Turkey, and it can be concluded that further positive changes may be expected in the near future.

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“…Even though the use of detailed micro-data (i.e., highly disaggregated data with respect to time, product groups and households) is superior to other approaches (e.g., Akbay et al 2007;Lazaridis 2003;Majumder et al 2012;Thiele 2008), we face two major methodological challenges when analyzing this household expenditure survey data for sheep and goat meat. First, many households do not purchase this kind of meat every month leading to a large share of zero observations.…”

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Determinants of sheep and goat meat consumption in Switzerland

Aepli

Finger

2013

Agric Econ

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In this study, we estimated the influence of different meat prices, socio-demographic and geographic variables on sheep and goat meat demand using the Swiss household expenditure survey from 2000 to 2005, a micro data set on 20,940 households resident in Switzerland. This study is motivated by the fact that sheep and goats play a major economic role especially for small farms in Swiss agriculture and contribute to conservation of landscape and biodiversity especially in the mountain regions. Considering the high share of households with zero consumption for sheep and goat meat, we estimated a Tobit-model. Missing prices are replaced by monthly, regional market prices where possible, or by quality adjusted prices based on unit values. Our results show that pork is a substitute for sheep and goat meat, whereas beef is a complementary good, and that socio-demographic variables like education or the presence of children and geographic variables are important in determining demand of sheep and goat meat.

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Household food consumption in Turkey

Cited by 53 publications

References 22 publications

Drinking cheaply: the demand for basic wine in Italy

Drinking cheaply: the demand for basic wine in Italy

Secular trend in body height and weight of Turkish adults

Determinants of sheep and goat meat consumption in Switzerland

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