We provide an ex-post assessment of the UK 5-a-day information campaign, where the positive effects of information are disentangled from potentially conflicting price dynamics. Using four years of data from the Expenditure and Food Survey between 2002 and 2006, we estimate that the 5-a-day program has lifted fruit and vegetable consumption by 0.3 portions, on average. We also provide quantitative evidence of a differentiated impact by income group, ranging from 0.2 to 0.7 portions. All impacts are larger than those observed by simply comparing pre-policy and post-policy intakes.
Five-a-day, a price to pay: an evaluation of the UK program impact accounting for market forces / Capacci S.; Mazzocchi M.. - In: JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0167-6296. - STAMPA. - 30:1(2011), pp. 87-98. [10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.10.006]
Five-a-day, a price to pay: an evaluation of the UK program impact accounting for market forces
CAPACCI, SARA;MAZZOCCHI, MARIO
2011
Abstract
We provide an ex-post assessment of the UK 5-a-day information campaign, where the positive effects of information are disentangled from potentially conflicting price dynamics. Using four years of data from the Expenditure and Food Survey between 2002 and 2006, we estimate that the 5-a-day program has lifted fruit and vegetable consumption by 0.3 portions, on average. We also provide quantitative evidence of a differentiated impact by income group, ranging from 0.2 to 0.7 portions. All impacts are larger than those observed by simply comparing pre-policy and post-policy intakes.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
