Are fruit and vegetable stamp policies cost effective?

Type de document :

Pré-publication ou Document de travail

Titre :

Are fruit and vegetable stamp policies cost effective?

Auteur(s) :

de Mouzon, Olivier [Auteur]
Groupe de recherche en économie mathématique et quantitative
Requillart, Vincent [Auteur]
Groupe de recherche en économie mathématique et quantitative
Soler, Louis-Georges [Auteur]
Alimentation et sciences sociales [ALISS]
Dallongeville, Jean [Auteur]

Facteurs de Risque et Déterminants Moléculaires des Maladies liées au Vieillissement - U 1167 [RID-AGE]
Dauchet, Luc [Auteur]

Facteurs de Risque et Déterminants Moléculaires des Maladies liées au Vieillissement - U 1167 [RID-AGE]

Date de publication :

2010

Mot(s)-clé(s) :

FRUIT
VEGETABLE

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
HEALTH IMPACTASSESMENT
HEALTH POLICY
ECONOMIC MODEL

Résumé en anglais : [en]

In many countries, consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is below recommended levels. We quantify the economic and health effects of a F&V stamp policy designed for lowincome consumers. The analysis combined two models: ...
Lire la suite >In many countries, consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is below recommended levels. We quantify the economic and health effects of a F&V stamp policy designed for lowincome consumers. The analysis combined two models: an economic model which predicts how F&V consumption is affected by a change in policy and a health model which evaluates the impact of a change in F&V consumption in terms of death avoided (DA) and life-years saved (LYS). We computed the costs per DA and LYS as the ratios between the taxpayer cost of the policy and the numbers of DA and LYS. The main findings are: at the aggregate level, a F&V stamp policy has a modest impact on consumption and as a result on health gains; however, when well designed, the F&V stamp policy may increase the F&V consumption of low-income households; to maximize the cost-effectiveness of the F&V stamp policy, the targeted population must be rather small; the F&V stamp policy may be more cost-effective than a non-targeted policy based on a VAT decrease; a stamp policy may generate a small increase in the price of F&V thus reducing the consumption and the health benefits within the non targeted population.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Commentaire :

IDEI Working Paper ; 648 Codes JEL : D61, I18, Q18 <br/>648

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