Sugar-based beverage taxes and beverage prices: evidence from South Africa's health promotion levy

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dc.contributor.authorStacey, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorMudara, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorWen Ng, Shu
dc.contributor.authorvan Walbeek, Corne
dc.contributor.authorHofman, Karen
dc.contributor.authorEdoka, Ijeoma
dc.contributor.otherKelly, Patrick
dc.contributor.otherBennett, Marietjie
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-21T16:55:12Z
dc.date.available2021-07-21T16:55:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-31
dc.description.abstractFacing an increasingly severe burden of disease attributable to excess sugar and sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, South Africa implemented a tax on SSBs (Health Promotion Levy HPL, 2018). By taxing ingredients rather than whole products, producers are incentivized to reformulate products to reduce the concentration of the taxed ingredient. Drawing on micro price data collected for compilation of Statistics South Africa’s Consumer Price Index, and the discrete introduction of South Africa’s HPL on the sugar content of SSBs, the paper estimates change in prices of taxed and untaxed products following the introduction of this sugar-based tax.en
dc.description.sponsorshipBloomberg Philanthropies
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/60431
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.relation.ispartofVolume 238, October 2019, 112465en
dc.relation.journalSocial Science & Medicine
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112465
dc.subjectSUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGESen
dc.subjectULTRA-PROCESSED PRODUCTSen
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICYen
dc.subjectFOOD SYSTEMSen
dc.subjectSUGARen
dc.subjectOBESITYen
dc.subjectTAXATIONen
dc.subjectNON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASESen
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHen
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICAen
dc.subjectSOUTH OF SAHARAen
dc.titleSugar-based beverage taxes and beverage prices: evidence from South Africa's health promotion levyen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holder© 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BY 4.0en
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber108424001
idrc.project.number108424
idrc.project.titleEvaluation of South Africa’s excise tax on sugar-sweetened beveragesen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC36-1643402171-302079
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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