Table 2.

Changes in prices: Food group analyses.

	Cookies		Ready-to-eat cereals		Salty snacks and peanuts		Pre-packaged sweet bread
A. Corrected prices
Post	0.098	***	0.051	***	0.066	***	0.05	***
	(0.002)		(0.004)		(0.002)		(0.004)
Lagged GIEA	0.006	***	0.002	**	−0.005	***	0.001
	(0.001)		(0.001)		(0.001)		(0.001)
Population	−0.072	***	−0.064	***	−0.075	***	−0.066	***
	(0.010)		(0.017)		(0.010)		(0.013)
N	173,984		88,208		158,888		44,083
B. Uncorrected prices
Post	0.044	***	0.063	**	0.048	***	0.046	***
	(0.005)		(0.018)		(0.001)		(0.005)
Lagged GIEA	0.001		0.003		0		0.001	*
	(0.001)		(0.002)		(0.001)		(0.000)
Population	−0.071	***	−0.065	***	−0.068	***	−0.071	***
	(0.011)		(0.013)		(0.012)		(0.007)
N	173,984		88,208		158,888		44,083

Notes: Standard error in parentheses. Corrected prices correct for biases associated with households’ and retailers’ characteristics. Models included UPI, city, and month fixed effects, a constant, and linear and squared time trends.

^*p < 0.10

^**p < 0.05

^***p < 0.010. post: years 2014–15, GIEA: Global Indicator of Economic.

Source: Authors’ own analyses and calculations based on data from Nielsen through its Mexico Consumer Panel Service (CPS) for the food and beverage categories for January 2012 – December 2015. The Nielsen Company, 2016. Nielsen is not responsible for and had no role in preparing the results reported herein.