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One of the main characteristics of the modern nutritional transition is the increased intake of protein coming from foods of animal origin. Specifically, the decades after World War II witnessed a strong increase in meat consumption. This phenomenon occurred first in high-income countries and later in developing countries. However, the drivers of the modern nutritional transition are less studied. Some scholars point to demand factors such as growth of income, population and urbanization rates. Others point to supply factors such as the fall in prices of livestock products due to the intensification of the livestock system. Nevertheless, most of the literature does not quantify the role of supply, demand and especially the role of consumer preferences. In this paper, we focus on Spain, a Mediterranean country that culminated the modern nutritional transition during the second half of the 20th century, in order to quantify the role of demand, supply and preferences in the increase in meat consumption in this period.


Pablo Delgado studied Economics and Economic History at the Universitat de Barcelona and is PhD student at the University of Zaragoza, Department of Applied Economics and Agro-food Institute of Aragón, IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA) and visiting researcher at the Department of Economic and Social History at JKU Linz.