The Link between Poverty and Undernourishment: Uncovering a Methodological Flaw
In their Food Security Assessment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses income data and a cross-country Engel curve for food energy (energy—income curve) to estimate distribution-sensitive food gaps of developing countries. In a recent Review of Agricultural Economics paper, Senauer and Sur use the same methodology to estimate headcount ratios of undernourishment. We show that the estimated Engel curve underestimates individual food consumption and, hence, overestimates food gaps and headcount ratios due to a serious flaw in the methodology. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.
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2005
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Authors: | Gabbert, Silke ; Weikard, Hans-Peter |
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Review of Agricultural Economics. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA, ISSN 2040-5790. - Vol. 27.2005, 1, p. 150-155
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA |
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