Analysis of the Food Consumption of Japanese Households

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ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL
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Wen S. Chern
Professor, Department of Agricultural
Environmental and Development Economics
Ohio State University, Columbus
Ohio, United States of America

Kimiko Ishibashi
Chief Researcher, Marketing Section
National Agricultural Research Center
Tsukuba, Japan

Kiyoshi Taniguchi
Development Economist
FAO Agriculture and Economic Development Division

and

Yuki Tokoyama
Research Fellow
Japan Center for Economic Research
Osaka, Japan

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2003

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FOREWORD

ABSTRACT

RESUME

RESUMEN

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE SURVEY 1997

Survey description
Descriptive statistics
Households with zero consumption and missing price data

3. ECONOMETRIC MODELS FOR CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS

Introduction
Single equation model

Demand elasticity formulae for Working-Leser model
Income elasticity in the Working-Leser model

Tobit and Heckman's two-step estimator

Tobit estimator and demand elasticities
Heckman's two-step (sample selection) estimator
Demand elasticities for Heckman's two-step estimator

A complete demand system
Demand elasticities for the AIDS model

4. RICE DEMAND ANALYSIS

Introduction
Background

Is rice an inferior good in Japan?
Is rice a complement or a substitute for meat, fish and other food items?

Cross-sectional analysis

Empirical results

Concluding remarks

5. MEAT DEMAND ANALYSIS

Introduction
Review of exising information and literature
Empirical results
Concluding remarks

6. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

ANNEX A. DAILY CONSUMPTION OF RICE AND MEATS BY INCOME LEVEL AND AGE GROUP, 1997

ANNEX B. DAILY CONSUMPTION OF RICE AND MEATS BY INCOME AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE, 1997

ANNEX C. DAILY CONSUMPTION OF RICE AND MEATS BY INCOME LEVEL AND NUMBER OF WAGE EARNERS, 1997

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