| Project: Demand System Analysis for Households Segmented by Family Structure and Income |
| Award year: 2000 |
| Amount of award, fiscal 2000: $20,000 |
| Institution: Texas A&M University |
| Principal Investigator: George Davis |
| Status: Completed |
| Detailed Objective: This project estimates theoretically consistent price and income elasticities
for food and nonfood commodities for households distinguished by income and family
structure. The resulting elasticities will be incorporated into ERS's economywide
modeling program.
A demand system that allows purchases of food and nonfood items to be affected
by the composition of total expenditures between income and food stamp benefits
will be developed and estimated. This project will use microdata to estimate
elasticities for food and nonfood commodities for households participating in
the Food Stamp Program and for households below the 130-percent poverty line
not participating in the program, distinguished by family structure. |
| Topic: Food Prices and Demand |
| Dataset: Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) |
