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Demographics, Societal Aging, and Meat Consumption in China

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  • Min, Shi
  • Bai, Junfei
  • Seale, James L. Jr.
  • Wahl, Thomas

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Drawn on the data collected by surveying 1,340 urban households from 6 cities in China, this paper estimates the impacts of demographic structure and population aging on household meat consumption, by jointly considering meat consumed at-home and away-from-home. Based on the trajectories of population, a simple simulation on meat demand trend in China is conducted subsequently. The results suggest: 1) Meat consumed away-from-home averagely accounts for near 30% of household total meat consumption in terms of quantity, so that its omission likely leads to a significant underestimate of total meat consumption and misunderstanding the driving forces; 2) Population aging significantly and negatively affects per capita meat consumption, suggesting that the expected meat demand in China without considering population aging will be overestimated. The findings from this study have important implications for better understanding the relative issues on China’s meat consumption under the situation of population aging.

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  • Min, Shi & Bai, Junfei & Seale, James L. Jr. & Wahl, Thomas, 2015. "Demographics, Societal Aging, and Meat Consumption in China," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 212715, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae15:212715
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.212715
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