Concerns have been raised about the impact of rising food prices worldwide on the poor. To assess the (short term …) impact of rising food prices in any particular country it is necessary to look at both the impact on food producers (who … benefit from an increase in prices) and food consumers (who loose out when the price increases), with a focus on poor …

evidence has indicated that both the government and the local elites provided public goods that mitigated high grain prices and … results show that although higher grain prices commonly led to increased conflict across China, this pattern did not apply in …

welfare transfers mitigated the adverse effects of high food prices. Age heaping is used as an indicator of numeracy, as … derived from census data. For the cohorts from 1780-1850, we analyse the effect of high grain prices during the Napoleonic … Wars. We show that numeracy declined markedly for those born during the war years, especially when wheat was dear …