TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eli,Shari
AU  - Li,Nicholas
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Caloric Requirements and Food Consumption Patterns of the Poor
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
N1  - November 2015; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - How much do calorie requirements vary across households and how do they affect food consumption patterns? Since caloric intake is a widely-used indicator of poverty and welfare, investigating changes in caloric requirements and food consumption patterns is important, especially for the poor. Combining anthropometric and time-use data for India, we construct a quantitative measure of individual and household caloric requirements. We then link our estimates of caloric requirements with consumption data to examine how caloric requirements coupled with household expenditures shape food demand. Our applications include the measurement of hunger and the role of caloric requirements in explaining food consumption puzzles related to household-scale and changes in caloric intake over time
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w21697
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w21697
ER  -