@article{1443736,
      recid = {1443736},
      author = {Jayasinghe, Maneka.},
      title = {Poverty, food consumption, and economic development /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This book investigates the relationships between economies  of scale in food consumption and a number of socio-economic  and demographic characteristics of households and household  behavioural choices since food is the major share of  household expenditure for poor households. The  characteristics considered comprise household size,  location, income, and gender of the head of household while  the behavioural choices considered comprise the decision to  consume home-grown food and the decision to adopt domestic  technology to aid food preparation and consumption. The  book proposes two theoretical models to rationalize the  role of the consumption of home-grown food and the adoption  of domestic technology in enhancing economies of scale in  food consumption. Econometric models are also used to  empirically test the validity of the two theoretical models  while adjusted poverty estimations are derived numerically  using the estimated equivalence scales. Although data used  in applying these techniques are based on four Household  Income and Expenditure Surveys conducted by the Department  of Census and Statistics (DCS) in Sri Lanka, the  methodology can be used for similar analysis in relation to  any other country.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1443736},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8743-3},
}