Investigation of patterns in food-away-from-home expenditure for China

Insik, Min; Fang, Cheng; Li, Qi

doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2004.06.008

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“…Min, Fang and Li (2004) confirm that household size is a key determinant in determining FAFH consumption in China. It is expected that households with more members will find preparing meals at home more economical than FAFH, which was illustrated to be true by McCracken and Brandt (1987).…”

Section: 4supporting

confidence: 51%

“…This is evidenced by Stewart and Yen (2004) who found that the income elasticities of expenditure for fast-and full-service restaurants are 0,288 and 0,632 respectively, using US Bureau of Labor Statistics. In comparison, China has a larger income elasticity of around 1, and the robust nonparametric estimation results show that the income elasticity is still on the rise (Min, Fang and Li, 2004 (Ham, Hwang and Kim, 2004). …”

Section: Global Trends In Demand For Food-away-from-homementioning

confidence: 99%

“…A wealth of literature exists on FAFH consumption particularly for the US (for example Cai, 1998;Ham, Hiemstra and Yang, 1998;Hiemstra and Kim, 1995) and China (for example Bai et al, 2010;Min, Fang and Li, 2004;Ma et al, 2006;Liu et al, 2012) but little is known about the FAFH sector in South Africa. The literature addresses many aspects of the FAFH sector, such as health and nutrition, elasticities of consumption and procurement strategies and the factors driving the expansion and direction of the sector.…”

Section: "Restaurants and Coffeementioning

confidence: 99%

“…An improved understanding of how income and socio-demographic factors affect FAFH expenditure have become increasingly important because of the changes in food commodity markets, forecasting food demand, predicting the effects of changes in eating patterns on diet and food imports, and the development of effective marketing programmes for both domestic and international restaurant businesses (Min, Fang and Li, 2004). An improved understanding of the effect of income and socio-demographic variables on FAFH expenditure will enable FAFH firms to develop appropriate marketing strategies, anticipate future trends, optimise the use of resources and recognise new business opportunities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An investigation into food-away-from-home consumption in South Africa

Blick¹,

Abidoye

Kirsten

2017

Development Southern Africa

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Section: 4supporting

confidence: 51%

Section: Global Trends In Demand For Food-away-from-homementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: "Restaurants and Coffeementioning

confidence: 99%

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An investigation into food-away-from-home consumption in South Africa

Blick¹,

Abidoye

Kirsten

2017

Development Southern Africa

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“…Some studies on Chinese consumer behavior have focused on a particular subset of the entire population, especially the urban consumers (see Wei, 1997;Sun, Chang, & Yu, 2001). Other research papers dealt with specific expenditure categories such as food (see Ma, Huang, Fuller, & Rozelle, 2006;Gould & Villarreal, 2006;Min, Fang, & Li, 2004) and specific age groups such as elder (see Ying & Yao, 2006). On the other hand, many of the existing literatures have concentrated on consumption classes and expenditure on different commodities (see Yusuf & Brooks, 2010;Yusuf & Wu, 1997).…”

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Informal Sector Employment and Consumption Patterns in China

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Li²

2016

UCPA

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The paper investigates how workers employed in informal sector will affect household consumption patterns, and how such patterns vary across different income distribution. China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) dataset is well qualified for this research and empirical results show that families where wives are informal employed tend to reduce their expenditure on time-saving goods and time-consuming goods, while there is a significant raise if the husbands are informal employed. For necessities, families with wives working in formal sector enjoy much better fringe benefits. Richest families are not as much constrained as those in poorest families due to less budget constraint as well as time constraint. In addition, concerning the demographic characteristics of the household members, especially the educational attainment, both female and male spouse have positive impacts on the time-saving and time-intensive goods, while there is not significant effect on time-neutral goods. The presence and age of children in the household have a significant effect on time-saving goods. The household subjective factors play an important role on expenditure on time-saving goods, especially for the poorest household.

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Predicting the changes in the structure of food demand in China

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A complete demand system is estimated separately for urban and rural residents using a two-stage almost ideal demand system-quadratic almost ideal demand system model and pooled provincial and time-series data from 2000 to 2012. The estimated demand elasticities with respect to income and demographic variables are then used to predict the changes in the structure of food demand in China for the year 2030. Results of this study suggest that, as per capita incomes grow further while both urbanization and population aging continue their upward trends, the shares of expenditures on foods away from home are expected to rise while the shares of spending on foods at home would decline, and that at-home food budget shares of grains are expected to continue decreasing whereas athome food budget shares of foods with animal origins and fruits would be on the rise. Thus, food security in China has been transformed into feed grain security. K E Y W O R D S demographic change, food demand in China, income growth, urbanization J E L C O D E S C33, D12, Q18

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Investigation of patterns in food-away-from-home expenditure for China

Cited by 36 publications

References 18 publications

An investigation into food-away-from-home consumption in South Africa

An investigation into food-away-from-home consumption in South Africa

Informal Sector Employment and Consumption Patterns in China

Predicting the changes in the structure of food demand in China

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