Impact of food inflation on poverty in the Philippines

• Main Author: FUJII, Tomoki
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Non-parametric regression; Net consumption ratio; Global food crisis; Vulnerability; Philippines; Asian Studies; Growth and Development; Public Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2163; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3163/viewcontent/Impact_of_Food_Inflation_on_Poverty_in_the_Philippines_pp.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We simulate the impact of food inflation between June 2006 and June 2008 on poverty across different areas and between agricultural and non-agricultural households. We explicitly treat the spatial heterogeneity in food inflation and the differences in consumption and production patterns across house...