Estimation Elasticity of Calorie and Macronutrients with Respect to Income in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2008-2016

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Hosseinpour, Mitra Sadat | 2019

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 52709 (44)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Management and Economics
Advisor(s): Vesal, Mohammad
Abstract:
Inadequate nutrition is perhaps the most important problem facing the poor. Being hungry lowers productivity and decreases individuals’ income. All of these factors conspire to help the poor stay poor. Raising the income of the poor is one solution for this problem if the elasticity of calorie and macronutrients with respect to income is greater than zero. This study employs both nonparametric and parametric methods to obtain the elasticity of per capita calorie and macronutrients with respect to household per capita expenditure. The case presented is for urban areas of Islamic republic of Iran, 2008-2016. Under each estimation strategy we employ, we find a strongly significant and positive relationship between household expenditure and calorie and macronutrient demand, lending support to conventional wisdom that income growth can alleviate inadequate calorie intake
Keywords:
Poverty ; Income Elasticity ; Undernutrition ; Calori Intake

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