Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household level data from the US, France and the UK to (i) document these differences; (ii) estimate a demand system for food and nutrients, and (iii) simulate counterfactual choices if households faced prices and nutritional characteristics from other countries.
We evaluate the impact of a policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth, on hospital admissions related to illicit drug use.
This paper considers whether households cut back on food spending to finance the additional cost of keeping warm during spells of unseasonably cold weather.
Event
16 December 2013 at 09:00<p>7 Ridgmount Street<br />London<br />WC1E 7AE</p>
The Institute for Fiscal Studies is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.
There has been a marked increase in body weight across much of the developed world. This has taken place, even though data suggest that there has not been an increase in calories consumed. This leads to a puzzle. If calories are declining, why are people gaining weight?
In this briefing note, we document how the food purchases of households in the UK have changed over the recent period of recession and food price rises.
A study of Colombia's Régimen Subsidiado, a publicly financed insurance program targeted to the poor, which aims to provide risk protection and to promote allocative efficiency in the use of medical care.
This presentation was given by Bansi Malde at the PEPA workshop "Are you sure that's the answer? Robust inference and policy evaluation" on 9 October 2013.
This paper examines how beliefs about own HIV status affect decisions to engage in risky sexual behavior, as measured by having extramarital sex and/or multiple sex partners. The empirical analysis is based on a panel survey of males from the 2006 and 2008 rounds of the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP).