Poverty, food consumption, and economic development / Maneka Jayasinghe.
Jayasinghe, Maneka.
2022
HC79.B38
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Title
Poverty, food consumption, and economic development / Maneka Jayasinghe.
Author
Jayasinghe, Maneka.
ISBN
9789811687433 (electronic bk.)
9811687439 (electronic bk.)
9811687420
9789811687426
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8743-3
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-16-8743-3 doi
Call Number
HC79.B38
Dewey Decimal Classification
339.4/6
Summary
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.
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Introduction
Consumption economies of scale and Engel equivalence scales
Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of Sri Lankan households
Link between income and economies of scale
Economies of scale in home-grown food consumption
Implications of access to electricity on food consumption economies of scale and household welfare
Domestic technology adoption and consumption economies of scale
Gender, food consumption economies of scale and poverty
Conclusion and policy implications.

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