Frederic is a Professor of Economics at the University of Leuven. His main research interests are in the economics of the household, with a focus on demand, labor supply and intra-household allocation.
We document that within-individual variation in food choices is substantial and has potentially important consequences for nutrition, and hence well-being.
The impact of variation in diet quality across individuals on obesity and diet-related disease has received much attention, but variation in individuals’ diet quality over time less so. This column combines British data on food purchases with a model in which individual choice is driven by the ...