Abstract
There is growing policy interest in encouraging better dietary choices. We study a nationally-implemented policy – the UK Healthy Start scheme – that introduced vouchers for fruit, vegetables and milk. We show that the policy has increased spending on fruit and vegetables and has been more effective than an equivalent-value cash benefit. We also show that the policy improved the nutrient composition of households' shopping baskets, with no offsetting changes in spending on other foodstuffs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 176-187 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Health Economics |
Volume | 58 |
Early online date | 24 Feb 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2018 |
Structured keywords
- ECON Applied Economics
- ECON CEPS Health
Keywords
- Dietary choices
- Targeted benefits
- Healthy Start scheme
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Professor Stephanie von Hinke
- School of Economics - Professor of Economics
- Bristol Poverty Institute
- Bristol Population Health Science Institute
- Centre for Market and Public Organisation
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