Unemployment and households' food consumption: A cross-country panel data analysis across OECD countries

被引:2
作者
Been, Jim [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Bakker, Vincent [3 ]
van Vliet, Olaf [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Dept Econ, Tilburg, Netherlands
[2] Netspar, Tilburg, Netherlands
[3] Leiden Univ, Dept Econ, POB 9520,Steenschuur 25, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
[4] Leiden Univ, Inst Publ Adm, Leiden, Netherlands
关键词
JOB LOSS; INSURANCE; SHOCKS; DISPLACEMENT;
D O I
10.1111/kykl.12386
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Using a panel of all 38 OECD countries for the time period 1980-2020, we estimate elasticities between aggregate unemployment and households' average food consumption. For food consumption measured in calorie intake, we find a small but statistically and economically significant negative elasticity of about 0.02 with unemployment. This elasticity is about 0.03 for food spending measured in protein intake which suggests that unemployment most likely leads to decreases in the quality of food primarily, on average. These findings are robust to a wide variety of consumption definitions, functional forms, types of wealth and income fluctuations, countries considered, and institutions considered. Our results suggest that unemployment insurance benefits and households' savings both matter for the size of the elasticity, thereby operating as automatic stabilizers.
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页码:776 / 811
页数:36
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