Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51883 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5610
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
With fortuitously timed data - collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria - we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary impact of both falling real incomes in the context of hyperinflation and crisis and changing relative prices and the changing responsiveness of different groups of people to these incomes and prices over six year of fundamental structural reforms of the economy. Our results highlight large and dramatically changing food and nutrient elasticities, which challenge the perception of household ability to smooth their nutrient stream during economic crises and transitions.
Subjects: 
crisis
diet
fluctuation
health
nutrition
JEL: 
E320
I120
P230
P240
P360
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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