Consumption Choices: The effects of food production, markets and preferences on diets in India

Cover Page
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Summary
Zusammenfassung
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Appendices
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
	1.1 Background and Motivation
	1.2 Research Objective and Questions
	1.3 Conceptual Framework
	1.4 Nutrition – Engine of Development
	1.5 Measurement of Nutrition
	1.6 Research Design
		1.6.1 Study sites
		1.6.2 Sampling
2 Focus on India: Food Prices and Food Security
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Recent Economic Development
	2.3 Food Price Trends
	2.4 Food Consumption Trends
3 Production Diversity and Dietary Diversity
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Empirical Evidence and Research Questions
	3.3 Theoretical Model
	3.4 Data
		3.4.1 Dependent variables
		3.4.2 Main explanatory variables
	3.5 Methods
		3.5.1 Estimation strategy
		3.5.2 Identification strategy
	3.6 Results
		3.6.1 Primary results: Effects of production diversity
		3.6.2 Secondary results: Effects of markets
		3.6.3 Robustness checks
	3.7 Discussion
	3.8 Conclusion
4 Considering Preferences for Food Consumption
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Related Literature and Contribution
	4.3 Theoretical Model
		4.3.1 Preference model for nutrition
		4.3.2 Discussion of the model
		4.3.3 Model extension for altruism
		4.3.4 Limitations of the model
	4.4 Conclusion
5 Effects of Preferences on Food Consumption
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Distribution of Preferences
	5.3 Theoretical Model
	5.4 Data
		5.4.1 Preference elicitation
		5.4.2 Main variables
	5.5 Estimation Strategy
	5.6 Results
		5.6.1 Primary results
		5.6.2 Secondary results
		5.6.3 Robustness checks
	5.7 Conclusion
6 Concluding Remarks
	6.1 Summary and Contribution
	6.2 Policy Implications, Limitations and Further Research
Appendix A Supplementary Materials to Chapter 1
	A.1 Prevalence of Micronutrient Deficiency
	A.2 Micronutrients, Sources and Consequences of Their Lack in Nutrition
	A.3 Food Groups of Food Intake Indicators
	A.4 FIES Questions
	A.5 Random Walk Sampling Technique
	A.6 Sampling
	B.1 Checks for Instrument Variable
	B.2 Effects of Policies
	B.3 Market Access Effects
	B.4 Production Diversity and Income
	C.1 Solving Integral for Mean Variance Form
	C.2 Differentiation for Preference Model
	C.3 Solving for Optimal Savings Rate
	D.1 Spatial Distribution of Preferences in the World
	D.2 Distribution of Preferences in the World
	D.3 Preferences and Income in the World
	D.4 Spatial Distribution of Preferences in India
	D.5 Preferences and Income in India
	D.6 Distribution of Preferences in India
	D.7 Survey Preference Module
	D.8 Calculation of Preferences
	D.9 Distribution of Preferences
	D.10 Summary Statistics
	D.11 Robustness Checks
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