Do the poor pay more for maize in Malawi?
Mussa, R.
Do the poor pay more for maize in Malawi? - Oxford (United Kingdom) : Wiley, 2015.
Peer review
The paper uses data from the Third Integrated Household Survey to examine whether or not the poor pay more for maize in Malawi. The paper finds that the poor in rural and urban areas pay more for maize. It is found that the poor pay more for maize irrespective of when the maize is purchased. Thus, seasonality does not seem to be behind the observed poverty penalty. The paper finds that the poverty penalty varies with seasonality; it is significantly more pronounced in the post‐harvest period when maize is in abundance, it is, however, reduced in the lean season.
Text in English
0954-1748 1099-1328 (Online)
https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3054
Poverty
Prices
Malawi
Do the poor pay more for maize in Malawi? - Oxford (United Kingdom) : Wiley, 2015.
Peer review
The paper uses data from the Third Integrated Household Survey to examine whether or not the poor pay more for maize in Malawi. The paper finds that the poor in rural and urban areas pay more for maize. It is found that the poor pay more for maize irrespective of when the maize is purchased. Thus, seasonality does not seem to be behind the observed poverty penalty. The paper finds that the poverty penalty varies with seasonality; it is significantly more pronounced in the post‐harvest period when maize is in abundance, it is, however, reduced in the lean season.
Text in English
0954-1748 1099-1328 (Online)
https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3054
Poverty
Prices
Malawi