Abstract
This paper uses a structural model of household food waste to discuss how the jointness of meal production, consumption, and time allocation decisions, are important in understanding potential drivers of household food waste. We discuss how empiricists can utilize the model for empirical applications. We apply one such application to household-level data of food stock usage and meal consumption to estimate correlates of inefficiencies in household meal production at home. We find that inefficiencies are associated with household membership structure, race, human capital, joint preparation of meals, food shopping frequency, and distance traveled to the food store. We provide guidance for future data collection efforts and empirical analyses of household food waste.
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