Structural changes in the demand for food in Asia: empirical evidence from Taiwan
研究台湾食品需求的结构性变化，发现这些变化（区别于收入和价格效应）是过去三十年东亚饮食模式快速转变的重要因素，而以往研究因忽略结构性变化高估了收入的影响。
Many Asian countries are expected to undergo structural transformations in their economies and rapid urbanization over the next 25 years. The changes in tastes and lifestyles engendered by urban living are likely to have significant influences on food demand. Changes in marketing systems and occupational changes, closely linked with increasing GNP per capita, also may influence the demand for food. In this paper, estimates presented for Taiwan demonstrate that structural changes in food demand (as distinguished from changes due to income and price effects) have been significant factors driving the rapid changes in dietary patterns seen in East Asia over the past three decades. Because most previous demand studies have ignored the possible influence of structural shifts which are highly correlated with increases in per capita income over time, the effects of income on food demand have been overestimated.