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Determinants of U.S. Household Expenditures on Fruit and Vegetables: A Note and Update

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.
Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Rutgers University
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Abstract

This study examines the various factors affecting household expenditures on fresh and processed fruit and vegetables in the U.S. using the 1992 Consumer Expenditure Survey. Empirical results suggest that higher income, better educated, larger, and older households spend more on fresh and processed fruit and vegetables than do other households. Seasonal and regional variations are also evident.

Keywords

consumptionexpenditurefruit and vegetablesgeneralized Heckman procedure
Type
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , December 1995 , pp. 588 - 594
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1995

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