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Household food choices: New empirical evidence and policy implications for sustainable behaviour

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  • Katherine Hassett
  • Céline Nauges
  • Céline Giner
  • Mark Koetse
  • Ioannis Tikoudis
  • Olof Bystrom

Abstract

Despite the large potential of dietary shifts to mitigate climate change and other environmental impacts, achieving such shifts is complex, as household food choices carry cultural and personal significance. This paper identifies the role and relative importance of a number of determinants of households’ food consumption choices using data from OECD’s 2022 survey on Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC). The survey covers nine OECD countries and takes stock of a range of household choices with respect to food consumption, including their diet composition and the characteristics of the food products they purchase. Econometric analyses examine the roles of income, environmental attitudes, household characteristics and preferences towards different policy options on household choices. Based on these insights the paper provides a number of policy considerations for encouraging households to make more sustainable choices with respect to food consumption.

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  • Katherine Hassett & Céline Nauges & Céline Giner & Mark Koetse & Ioannis Tikoudis & Olof Bystrom, 2025. "Household food choices: New empirical evidence and policy implications for sustainable behaviour," OECD Environment Working Papers 255, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaaa:255-en
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    Keywords

    Dietary shift; Discrete choice experiment; Food consumption; Household food choices;
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    JEL classification:

    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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