{"doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DIME","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2025-06-16","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Lukas Andres Delgado Prieto","affiliation":"University of Oslo","email":"ldelgadoprieto@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Monica Robayo Abril","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"mrobayo@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Leonardo Lucchetti","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"llucchetti@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reena Badiani-Magnusson","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"rbadiani@worldbank.org"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Soaring Food Prices Threaten Recent Economic Gains In The EU","idno":"RR_EUR_2025_337"},"data_statement":"Some data is restricted and has not been included in the reproducibility package. For more details, please refer to the README file. (Restricted Data)","software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"18.0 MP"},{"name":"Excel"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for Soaring Food Prices Threaten Recent Economic Gains In The EU","date":"2025-06","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DIME) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"RR_EUR_2025_337","zip_package":"RR_EUR_2025_337.zip","dependencies":"Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2025-06-16","abstract":"The surge in food prices following the 2021 economic rebound has become a significant concern for households, particularly low-income ones, in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania. Food price inflation, which surpasses general inflation rates, risk worsening poverty and food insecurity in these countries. This paper explores the distributional impacts of rising food prices and the effectiveness of government response measures. Low-income households, who allocate a larger share of their income to food, are disproportionately affected and are struggling to cope with unexpected expenses, leading to increased difficulties in accessing proper nutrition. Simulations indicate that rising food prices contribute to higher poverty rates and greater income inequality, especially among vulnerable populations. They also suggest that the main poverty-targeted social assistance schemes offer critical support for the extreme poor, but expanding both coverage and benefits is vital to shield all at-risk individuals. Targeted policies that balance immediate relief with long-term resilience building are essential to addressing the challenges posed by escalating food prices.","geographic_units":[{"name":"Europe","code":"EUR"}],"keywords":[{"name":"Energy Prices"},{"name":"Distributional Impacts"},{"name":"Social Protection"},{"name":"EU-SILC"},{"name":"Romania"},{"name":"Croatia"},{"name":"Bulgaria"},{"name":"Poland"}],"topics":[{"id":"I32","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Measurement and Analysis of Poverty","parent_id":"I3"},{"id":" I38","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Government Policy \u2022 Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs","parent_id":"I3"},{"id":" D31","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions","parent_id":"D3"},{"id":" E31","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Price Level \u2022 Inflation \u2022 Deflation","parent_id":"E3"}],"output":[{"type":"Working Paper","description":"Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP)","title":"Soaring Food Prices Threaten Recent Economic Gains In The EU"}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"disclaimer":"The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development\/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"Modified BSD3","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/bsd-3-clause\/"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Lukas Andres Delgado Prieto","affiliation":"University of Oslo","email":"ldelgadoprieto@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"datasets":[{"name":"EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)","access_type":"Data is restricted","note":"The data used covers Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania (2020) and Poland (2019). Data Source: Eurostat. Datasets: SILC_2017_2020.dta, POL_2019.dta. Data Access: researchers can request access to this data from Eurostat. For more information on accessing the EU-SILC, please refer to this link: https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/microdata\/european-union-statistics-on-income-and-living-conditions. Access Date: December 2022. "},{"name":"Household Budget Surveys (HBS)","note":"The data used covers Bulgaria, Romania, and Poland (2019) and  Croatia (2017). The datasets are restricted, but aggregated data can be found in the Excel file food_fuel_ALL.xlsx, which is included in the reproducibility package. The package can be run from this dataset. Data Source: Eurostat. Data Access: To access the raw data from the HBS surveys of the selected four countries, please refer to this link: https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/microdata\/household-budget-survey. Access Date: December 2022. \n","access_type":"Data is restricted but aggregated data is included in the reproducibility package"}],"reproduction_instructions":"1. Acquire the data and place all datasets in the Data\/raw folder.\n2. Change directory paths in the main do file.\n3. Run the main do file\n4. Follow the instructions in the README to re-create exhibits based on the output Excel file impact_inflation","technology_requirements":"The code takes approximately 10 minutes to run","technology_environment":"\u2022 OS: Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2\n\u2022 Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7- 4860 @ 2.27GHz 2.26 GHz (2 processors)\n\u2022 Memory available: 1TB\n\u2022 Software version: Stata 18.0 MP"},"tags":[{"tag":"DOI"},{"tag":"Open Code"},{"tag":"Restricted Data"}],"schematype":"script"}