Analysis of food-away-from-home expenditure patterns for US households, 1982-89 Academic Article

abstract

• The two-step decision process for food-away-from-home (FAFH) consumption is empirically estimated using a generalization of the Heien and Wessells approach. Household information gathered by the National Panel Diary Group is used for the analysis. Marginal effects are corrected by untangling the respective variable impacts on the inverse Mills ratio. Expenditure and participation probability elasticities are similar to previous studies. Income elasticities are about 0.20, suggesting that the FAFH commodity is a necessary good for U.S. society. Northeastern households are less likely to consume FAFH than other households, but their expenditures are higher on average.

authors

• Capps, Oral

published proceedings

• AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

altmetric score

• 7

author list (cited authors)

• Byrne, P. J., Capps, O., & Saha, A.

citation count

• 80

complete list of authors

• Byrne, PJ||Capps, O||Saha, A

publication date

• August 1996

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• American Journal of Agricultural Economics  Journal

keywords

• Censored Response Modeling
• Food Away From Home

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/1243279

start page

• 614

end page

• 627

volume

• 78

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1243279