Impact of Food Inflation on Poverty in the Philippines

• Main Author: FUJII, Tomoki
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: non-parametric regression; net consumption ratio; global food crisis; vulnerability; Asian Studies; Growth and Development; Income Distribution
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1315; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2314/viewcontent/inflation_paper.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We simulate the impact of actual food price increase between June 2006 and June 2008 on poverty across different areas and whether the household’s main income source is agricultural activities. We explicitly treat heterogeneity in food price changes and the patterns of consumption and production by...