The evolution of habit formation effect on sugar consumption of urban residents in China

Zhai, Tianchang; Long, Wenjin; Si, Wei

doi:10.1108/caer-07-2020-0170

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“…As the pseudopanel data used here are obtained by averaging observations in the same group, there may be uncontrollable nonobservational heterogeneity. According to Heien and Durham (1991) and Zhai et al (2021), this is similar to the use of aggregate data, which will lead to slightly larger estimated habit formation coefficients.…”

Section: Habit Formation Effect In the Consumption Of Main Protein So...mentioning

confidence: 77%

“…As the expected wealth is usually unavailable, most of the literature uses indicators such as per capita disposable income, household net income, and household actual total property to replace it. We refer to the practice of Zhai et al (2021) and use household per capita disposable income as a proxy variable for expected wealth. To control data fluctuations and eliminate the impact of unit inconsistencies, data such as consumption expenditure and per capita disposable income are logarithmized, and the empirical model finally adopted is as follows:

Ln {normalc}_{it} = α_{i 0} + α_{i 1} Ln {normaly}_{it} + α_{i 2} Ln {normalc}_{it - 1} + α_{i 3} Z_{normali} + α_{i 4} σ_{it} + ε_{it} .

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confidence: 99%

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Z_{normali}

is the control variable vector, including the head of household's age, gender, family size, and time and region dummy variables.

σ_{it}

is the uncertainty faced by the family, referring to Zhai et al (2021), expressed by the ratio of the growth rate of household per capita disposable income to the growth rate of total consumption.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We also use a recursive method to estimate the habit formation and income coefficients in different years. The specific method is to estimate the coefficients corresponding to each year using samples from that year and all subsequent years (Zhai et al, 2021). For example, the coefficients in 2000 are the regression result obtained by using the samples from 2000 to 2009, and the coefficients in 2001 are the regression result obtained by using the samples in 2001–2009.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, many studies focus on overall food consumption or specific food types. For example, Zhai et al (2021) studied the habit formation effect of sugar consumption in China. Few studies have analyzed the influence of habit formation effects on the consumption of multiple specific food groups from a nutrient intake perspective.…”

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The rapidly growing animal protein demand of Chinese residents has caused multiple pressures, including on food security, health, and the environment. It is critical to study the reasons for the changes in Chinese residents' protein intake structure and make a reasonable judgment about its future trend. This paper uses the Nationwide Urban Household Survey Date from 1992 to 2009 to construct a pseudo panel and conduct research based on the habit formation theory. We find that there is a significant habit formation effect in the consumption of the main protein source foods of Chinese urban residents, especially animal foods. It weakens with the passage of time, which may be the reason for the continuous increase in urbanites' animal protein intake. There are differences in the protein intake structure and changing trend of urban residents in China's different regions. We suggest that government should pay more attention to the development of animal husbandry and the supply security of feed grains; strengthen nutritional intervention efforts to guide residents toward balanced and healthy dietary patterns, with moderate intake of animal protein; and formulate more detailed nutritional standards by region and population to cope with the impact of the growing animal protein demand among China's residents. [EconLit Citations: D12, E21, Q18].

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Section: Habit Formation Effect In the Consumption Of Main Protein So...mentioning

confidence: 77%