Food expenditure responses to income/expenditure shocks in rural China

doi:10.1108/CAER-01-2016-0006

	Food expenditure responses to income/expenditure shocks in rural China
	Cui, Qi 1,2; Huang, Jikun 1
刊名	CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
	2017
卷号	9 期号:1 页码:2-13
关键词	China Food expenditure Idiosyncratic shock Low-income household
ISSN号	1756-137X
DOI	10.1108/CAER-01-2016-0006
通讯作者	Huang, Jikun(jkhuang.ccap@pku.edu.cn)
英文摘要	Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of large income and expenditure shocks on household food expenditures and determines whether the impacts of large shocks differ among households, especially low-income households. Design/methodology/approach - The study's data are drawn from a household survey conducted in rural China. Multivariate analysis examines the impacts of large income and expenditure shocks on food expenditures. Findings - The impacts of large positive income shocks on food expenditure are moderate. However, households reduce their per capita food expenditures within a range of about 25-30 percent after suffering large negative shocks. The greatest impact is found for shocks where expenditures more than double, followed by the impact of shocks where income declines by more than half. Moreover, food expenditures among low-income households are much more sensitive to large negative income and expenditure shocks. The paper concludes with policy implications. Originality/value - This is the first Chinese study to empirically examine the impacts of different income and expenditure shocks on household food expenditures. The results have important implications for smoothing households' food consumption after they suffer from shocks.
WOS关键词	HEALTH SHOCKS ; INCOME SHOCKS ; CONSUMPTION ; DEMAND ; IMPACT ; HOUSEHOLDS ; ETHIOPIA ; ILLNESS ; WEALTH ; RISK
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Business & Economics
语种	英语
出版者	EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000395591800001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/64823]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Huang, Jikun
作者单位	1.Peking Univ, Sch Adv Agr Sci, China Ctr Agr Policy, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Ctr Chinese Agr Policy, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cui, Qi,Huang, Jikun. Food expenditure responses to income/expenditure shocks in rural China[J]. CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW,2017,9(1):2-13.
APA	Cui, Qi,&Huang, Jikun.(2017).Food expenditure responses to income/expenditure shocks in rural China.CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW,9(1),2-13.
MLA	Cui, Qi,et al."Food expenditure responses to income/expenditure shocks in rural China".CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW 9.1(2017):2-13.