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The demand for school meals : an analysis of stated choices by Swiss households

  • Filippini, Massimo Facoltà di scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
  • Masiero, Giuliano Facoltà di scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
  • Medici, Diego Facoltà di scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
    2012

26 p

Demand
School meals service
Panel count data
Poisson regression
Random effects
Willingness to pay
English In this paper we investigate households ’demand for school meals using a stated preferences approach. Data are collected through phone-structured interviews to 905 residents with children in the German-speaking region of Switzerland during 2007. A Poisson model with random effects is used to explore factors affecting the demand for meals at school. The results show that meals price, household income, satisfaction with the current childcare service, family composition, and the area of residence signi…cantly affect the number of school meals demanded. We estimate that the willingness to pay for a school meal is about 11.60 Swiss francs and does not depend on household income.
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Economics
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  • RERO DOC 29524
  • ARK ark:/12658/srd1318402
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