Food expenditure patterns in South Africa: Evidence from the NIDS

 

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dc.creator Mhlongo, Vukile
dc.creator Daniels, Reza Che
dc.date 2014-02-06T10:19:57Z
dc.date 2014-02-06T10:19:57Z
dc.date 2013-12
dc.date.accessioned 2015-05-28T10:06:34Z
dc.date.available 2015-05-28T10:06:34Z
dc.date.issued 2015-05-28
dc.identifier 978-1-920517-64-9
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11090/687
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11090/687
dc.description This study evaluates food expenditure patterns in South Africa using the Engel framework which states that proportions spent on food fall with income. Non-parametric methods are used to estimate Engel curves, and regression analysis to evaluate the effects of several variables on shares of total expenditure on food using the Working-Leser model. Pooled OLS is used to compare the exposure and sensitivity to changing expenditure capacity between waves. We find that households were spending proportionally less on food in 2008 compared to 2010 and 2012 and that food is the most important item of expenditure in most households by looking at budget shares. The sensitivity of the share of total expenditure dedicated to food varies with expenditure capacity. The effect of food price inflation on all households in South Africa is conjectured to contribute markedly to this trend, though we cannot confirm that hypothesis with NIDS data alone. The implications for food security is fertile ground for further research on this issue.
dc.description Vukile Mhlongo - Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit, UCT Reza Che Daniels - School of Economics and Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
dc.language en
dc.relation SALDRU Working Papers;123
dc.subject National Income Dynamics Study
dc.subject NIDS
dc.subject Food Expenditure
dc.subject South Africa
dc.subject Food expenditure
dc.subject Engel curve
dc.subject Pooled data
dc.subject NIDS
dc.title Food expenditure patterns in South Africa: Evidence from the NIDS
dc.type Working Paper
uct.type.publication Research en_ZA
uct.type.resource Working Paper en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution University of Cape Town
dc.publisher.faculty Faculty of Commerce en_ZA
dc.publisher.department SALDRU en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - National Income Dynamics Study KW - NIDS KW - Food Expenditure KW - South Africa KW - Food expenditure KW - Engel curve KW - Pooled data KW - NIDS LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Food expenditure patterns in South Africa: Evidence from the NIDS TI - Food expenditure patterns in South Africa: Evidence from the NIDS UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/687 ER - en_ZA


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