Food Security and Household Consumption Patterns in Slovakia

LICOS Discussion Paper Series Discussion Paper 360/2014

57 Pages Posted: 30 Jan 2015

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Marian Rizov

University of Lincoln (UK) - Lincoln International Business School; Lincoln Economics and Finance (LEAF) Research Group

Andrej Cupak

Slovak University of Agriculture

Jan Pokrivcak

Slovak University of Agriculture - Department of Economics

Date Written: December 2014

Abstract

We investigate the food security situation of Slovak households in terms of both access to food and quality of the diet consumed by estimating food demand system and diet diversity demand models using household budget survey data over the period 2004-2010. In most samples demand for meat and fish and fruits and vegetables is expenditure and own-price elastic. On average all five food groups investigated are found to be normal goods. Rural and low-income households appear more expenditure and price sensitive compared to the urban and high-income ones. Results from quantile regressions indicate that income has a positive while uncertainty has a negatively effect on the diversity of the diet as the effects are stronger in more vulnerable, low income and rural consumer subsamples. Overall the food security situation in Slovakia appears to have improved over time, since the country’s EU accession.

Keywords: Food security, demand, QUAIDS, elasticity, diet diversity, Slovakia

JEL Classification: D12, I12, O52, Q18

Suggested Citation

Rizov, Marian and Cupak, Andrej and Pokrivcak, Jan, Food Security and Household Consumption Patterns in Slovakia (December 2014). LICOS Discussion Paper Series Discussion Paper 360/2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2557372 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2557372

Marian Rizov (Contact Author)

University of Lincoln (UK) - Lincoln International Business School ( email )

Brayford Pool
Lincoln, LN6 7TS
United Kingdom

Lincoln Economics and Finance (LEAF) Research Group ( email )

United Kingdom

Andrej Cupak

Slovak University of Agriculture ( email )

Faculty of Economics and Management
Tr. Andreja Hlinku 2
Nitra, 949 76
Slovakia

Jan Pokrivcak

Slovak University of Agriculture - Department of Economics

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