Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. Evidence

The paper develops a new productive household model and a consistent household full-income/ expenditure demand system for inputs and leisure of U.S. households. The demand system is fitted to U.S. annual aggregate data over the last half of the 20th century and findings include that the price and in...

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Main Author: Wallace E. Huffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119158
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description The paper develops a new productive household model and a consistent household full-income/ expenditure demand system for inputs and leisure of U.S. households. The demand system is fitted to U.S. annual aggregate data over the last half of the 20th century and findings include that the price and income elasticity of demand for food-at-home are roughly two times larger than for food-away-from-home and that food-at-home and away-from-home are substitutes. The price and income elasticity of demand for men's unpaid housework are twice as large as for women's unpaid housework and women's and men's unpaid housework are shown to be complements.
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spelling doaj.art-7f56e27d94694f7186e0dfc540b668ce2022-12-21T20:08:09ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82852011-12-0136346548710.22004/ag.econ.119158119158Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. EvidenceWallace E. HuffmanThe paper develops a new productive household model and a consistent household full-income/ expenditure demand system for inputs and leisure of U.S. households. The demand system is fitted to U.S. annual aggregate data over the last half of the 20th century and findings include that the price and income elasticity of demand for food-at-home are roughly two times larger than for food-away-from-home and that food-at-home and away-from-home are substitutes. The price and income elasticity of demand for men's unpaid housework are twice as large as for women's unpaid housework and women's and men's unpaid housework are shown to be complements.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119158food demandinput demand systemmodels of behaviorpost-world war iiproductiontime allocationu.s. household sector
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Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. Evidence
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
food demand
input demand system
models of behavior
post-world war ii
production
time allocation
u.s. household sector
title Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. Evidence
title_full Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. Evidence
title_fullStr Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. Evidence
title_full_unstemmed Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. Evidence
title_short Household Production and the Demand for Food and Other Inputs: U.S. Evidence
title_sort household production and the demand for food and other inputs u s evidence
topic food demand
input demand system
models of behavior
post-world war ii
production
time allocation
u.s. household sector
url https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119158
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