Using Scanner Data for Food Policy Research: An Economists Guide

Using Scanner Data for Food Policy Research is a practitioners' guide to using and interpreting scanner data obtained from stores and households in policy research. It provides practical advice for using the data and interpreting their results. It helps the reader address key methodological issues such as aggregation, constructing price indices, and matching the data to nutrient values. It demonstrates some of the key econometric and statistical applications of the data including estimating demand systems for policy simulation, tracking changes in purchases and nutrients over time, conducting cost-benefit analysis of food policies, and analysing effects of food access on food choices. Explains how scanner data can be adapted to address questions of interest in various stripes of food policy researchDemonstrates how to use scanner data using tools from econometric and statistical analysesResolves key methodological issues related to using the data to facilitate more rapid analysesPresents the key applications of the data for food policy research including demand system estimation, surveillance of food purchases and health, cost-benefit analysis, and food access researchProvides an overview of published literature as background for designing new studies INDICE: 1. What is Scanner Data and why is it Useful for Food Policy Research? 2. Sources of Scanner Data across the Globe 3. Using Scanner Data with other Data resources for Food Policy Research 4. Methodological Approaches in Using Scanner Data 5. Insights from past food policy research using Scanner Data 6. Application: Demand System Estimation for use in Policy Simulation 7. Application: Tracking changes in Calories and Nutrients purchased over time 8. Application: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Food Policies 9. Application: Analysis of effects of Food Access on Healthy Food Choices

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814507-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés