Abstract
Abstract This article investigates the impact of rising wheat prices
on household food security in Afghanistan. Exploiting a unique nationally-representative
household survey, we find evidence of large declines in the real
value of per capita food consumption. Smaller price elasticities
with respect to calories than with respect to food consumption suggest
that households trade off quality for quantity as they move away
from nutrient-rich foods such as meat and vegetables toward staple
foods. Our work improves upon country-level simulation studies by
providing estimates of actual household food security during a price
shock in one of the world's poorest, most food-insecure countries.
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