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Consumer expenditure, elasticity and value of food waste: A Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System for evaluating changes in Mexico during COVID-19

verfasst von
Adrian Vargas Lopez, Clara Cicatiello, Ludovica Principato, Luca Secondi
Abstract

Household food waste is driven by consumer habits and behaviors. The necessary measures implemented during the lockdown worldwide to contain the Covid-19 pandemic altered these consumer practices. This paper examines how household's culinary traditions and food management have changed in Mexico as a result of Covid-related restrictions, and their impact on food waste. We obtained 525 answers using an online survey about food habits distributed through social networks in Mexico between December 2020 and January 2021. The results show that the participating households increased their monetary expenditure on groceries and reduced food waste during the pandemic. The estimation of consumer responsiveness to waste, through the introduction of a framework based on a Quadratic Almost-Ideal Demand System, confirms that, even more during the lockdown, food waste has become a luxury good. The analysis of food category changes allows for a detailed study useful to curtail the level of food waste in Mexican households and to encourage transition towards sustainable and circular consumption behaviors.

Externe Organisation(en)
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM)
Universität Tuscia
Universität Rom III
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Band
82
ISSN
0038-0121
Publikationsdatum
08.2022
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie, Statistik, Wahrscheinlichkeit und Ungewissheit, Strategie und Management, Managementlehre und Operations Resarch
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2021.101065 (Zugang: Offen)