Asymmetric Intrahousehold Allocation of Calories in China
研究提出考虑流动性约束和损失厌恶的新框架，发现中国家庭卡路里分配对食物可得性预期变化反应不对称，揭示城市儿童和农村老人中的性别偏见以及城乡女孩与壮年成人间的人口学偏见。
Abstract To analyze intrahousehold calorie allocation, we propose a new framework that takes into account asymmetric consumption behavior due to liquidity constraints and loss aversion. We find that intrahousehold calorie allocation responds asymmetrically to expected declines and increases in household food availability in China. Compared with previous studies based on symmetric consumption behavior, our framework provides stronger evidence of gender bias in intrahousehold calorie allocation among children in urban areas and among elderly people in rural areas, and of demographic bias between girls and prime‐age adults in both urban and rural areas. Implications for demographic targeting in nutrition programs are discussed.