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The decline of home-cooked food

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posted on 2023-06-15, 20:42 authored by Rachel Griffith, Wenchao JinWenchao Jin, Valérie Lechene
The share of home-cooked food in the diet of UK households declined from the 1980s. This was contemporaneous with a decline in the market price of ingredients for home cooking relative to ready-to-eat foods. We consider a simple model of food consumption and time use that captures the key driving forces behind these apparently conflicting trends. We show that observed behaviour can be rationalised by the fact that the shadow price of home-cooked food, which accounts for the fact that cooking takes time, has risen relative to the price of ready-to-eat food, due to the increase in the market value of time of secondary earners. We discuss the implications for policies that aim to encourage healthier diets.

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Journal

Fiscal Studies

ISSN

0143-5671

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

2

Volume

43

Page range

105-120

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  • Economics Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2022-09-16

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2022-09-16

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2022-09-16

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