The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants
Anthropologists have documented substantial and persistent differences in food preferences across social groups. My paper asks whether such food cultures can constrain caloric intake? I first document that interstate migrants within India consume fewer calories per rupee of food expenditure compared...
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American Economic Association
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102451 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-5688 |