Estimating Food Demand and the Impact of Market Shocks on Food Expenditures: The Case for the Philippines and Missing Price Data

Valera, Harold Glenn and Mayorga, Joaquin and Pede, Valerien and Mishra, Ashok (2022): Estimating Food Demand and the Impact of Market Shocks on Food Expenditures: The Case for the Philippines and Missing Price Data. Published in: Q Open , Vol. 2, No. 2 (22 October 2022)

Abstract

This study uses the Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System to estimate food demand among Filipino households. Our study uses the recently released 2018 Family Income and Expenditure Survey and the Stone-Lewbel price index in the absence of price data on food groups. Results show that demand for rice with respect to prices and expenditures is relatively inelastic compared with that for other food groups. The income elasticity for rice is inelastic (0.26), slightly higher than the income elasticity for sugar. Demand for rice is generally less elastic for higher-income Filipinos and families residing in urban areas than for their counterparts. The findings reveal that, in the short term, a 15 percent decrease in income or a 20 percent increase in rice prices induces families to spend more of their income on rice at the expense of other cereals, meat, fish, and other food groups. Income and rice price shocks have differential impacts on low-income and high-income Filipino families. Policymakers may be able to moderate the food price impacts of market shocks through targeted interventions and programs that improve the accessibility to and availability of quality agri-fishery products.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Demand analysis; QUAIDS; Income categories; Stone-Lewbel prices; Expenditure elasticity; income elasticity
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis

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