Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition

Nicole Darmon (1) , Anne Lacroix (2) , Laurent Muller (2) , Bernard Ruffieux (2)

1 UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs
2 GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée = Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory

Prices are an important determinant of food choices. Consequently, food price policies (subsidies and/or taxes) are proposed to improve the nutritional quality of diets. The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of food price policies on the expenditures and nutritional quality of the food baskets chosen by low- and medium-income households.

Mots clés: Nutrition policy; Nutritional quality; Food choices; Poverty

Mots clés: Experimental economics

Domaines: Economies et finances

Nicole Darmon, Anne Lacroix, Laurent Muller, Bernard Ruffieux. Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2014, 11 (1), pp.article n° 66. ⟨10.1186/1479-5868-11-66⟩. ⟨hal-01845621⟩