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Why do the educated poor pay less price per calorie? Evidence from household-level calorie consumption data

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  • Kalyani Mangalika Lakmini Rathu Manannalage
  • Shyama Ratnasiri
  • Andreas Chai

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Purpose - While the monetary returns to education are well documented in the economics literature, the studies on non-monetary returns to education are scarce. The purpose of this study is to provide new insights into the non-market outcomes by exploring how education influences the food consumption choices of households and how these effects vary across different socio-economic groups using household-level calorie consumption data from Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach - This study uses two waves of Household Income and Expenditure Surveys – 2006/2007 and 2016. The methods adopted in analysing the data were descriptive statistics and the OLS regression model. Findings - The empirical results show that educated poor households pay less per calorie compared to non-educated poor households, highlighting the role of education in improving the ability to make better food choices and manage household budgets more economically. Practical implications - This study informs policy-makers of the importance of education for formulating food and nutritional policies, which aim to raise the standard of living of resource-poor and vulnerable households in Sri Lanka as well as other developing countries with similar socio-economic conditions. Originality/value - To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to explore the impact of education on the calorie consumption behaviour of people in the Sri Lankan context using nationwide household surveys. Peer review - The peer review history for this article is available at:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-01-2022-0007

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  • Kalyani Mangalika Lakmini Rathu Manannalage & Shyama Ratnasiri & Andreas Chai, 2022. "Why do the educated poor pay less price per calorie? Evidence from household-level calorie consumption data," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 51(12), pages 1517-1537, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijsepp:ijse-01-2022-0007
    DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-01-2022-0007
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    Keywords

    Education; Non-monetary returns; Calorie consumption; Household-level data; Developing countries; Sri Lanka; D12; I26;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education

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