Consumption Choices

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Summary
• Zusammenfassung
• Acknowledgements
• About the author
• About the book
• Citability of the eBook
• Contents
• List of Appendices
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Background and Motivation
• 1.2 Research Objective and Questions
• 1.3 Conceptual Framework
• 1.4 Nutrition – Engine of Development
• 1.5 Measurement of Nutrition
• 1.6 Research Design
• 1.6.1 Study sites
• 1.6.2 Sampling
• Chapter 2 Focus on India: Food Prices and Food Security
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Recent Economic Development
• 2.3 Food Price Trends
• 2.4 Food Consumption Trends
• Chapter 3 Production Diversity and Dietary Diversity
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Empirical Evidence and Research Questions
• 3.3 Theoretical Model
• 3.4 Data
• 3.4.1 Dependent variables
• 3.4.2 Main explanatory variables
• 3.5 Methods
• 3.5.1 Estimation strategy
• 3.5.2 Identification strategy
• 3.6 Results
• 3.6.1 Primary results: Effects of production diversity
• 3.6.2 Secondary results: Effects of markets
• 3.6.3 Robustness checks
• 3.7 Discussion
• 3.8 Conclusion
• Chapter 4 Considering Preferences for Food Consumption
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Related Literature and Contribution
• 4.3 Theoretical Model
• 4.3.1 Preference model for nutrition
• 4.3.2 Discussion of the model
• 4.3.3 Model extension for altruism
• 4.3.4 Limitations of the model
• 4.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 5 Effects of Preferences on Food Consumption
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Distribution of Preferences
• 5.3 Theoretical Model
• 5.4 Data
• 5.4.1 Preference elicitation
• 5.4.2 Main variables
• 5.5 Estimation Strategy
• 5.6 Results
• 5.6.1 Primary results
• 5.6.2 Secondary results
• 5.6.3 Robustness checks
• 5.7 Conclusion
• Chapter 6 Concluding Remarks
• 6.1 Summary and Contribution
• 6.2 Policy Implications, Limitations and Further Research
• Bibliography