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inflation burden. We use micro price data for food products sold by 91 large multi-channel retailers in ten countries between …
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As is well known, during the pandemic recession firms directly exposed to the virus, i.e. the "contact" sector, contracted sharply and recovered slowly relative to the rest of the economy. Less understood is how firms that "won" by offering safer substitutes for contact sector goods have...
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We study the private market response to the National School Lunch Program, documenting economically meaningful spillovers to non-recipients. We focus on the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), an expansion of the lunch program under the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Under the CEP,...
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inequality that emphasize supply-side factors such as food deserts …
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meaningful impact on grocery spending for households with children, with monthly food purchases declining by about $11, or 5 … show evidence that the composition of food purchases changes, with low income households experiencing an increase in the … dietary quality of their food purchases by about 3 percent after CEP. Finally, we show CEP exposure is associated with an 11 …
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This paper estimates the impact on consumer behavior of a firm's voluntary disclosure of information. Specifically, we study the impact of Starbucks' disclosure of calorie information on its menu boards in June 2013. Using data on over 250,000 consumers' visits to specific restaurant chains, we...
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This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on food insecurity in the United States, using data from the … instrumental variable to address the endogeneity of vaccination decision. We find that vaccination had a substantial impact on food … hardship by reducing the likelihood of food insecurity by 24%, with even stronger effects among minority and financially …
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on food stamps (SNAP) and earnings with a regression discontinuity design, we find robust evidence that work requirements …
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assistance system in the U.S., on food insecurity--a fundamental form of hardship--of the next generation of households. An … welfare reform led to decreases in food insecurity of the next generation of households, by about 10% for a 5-year increase in …
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Multiple episodes in U.S. history demonstrate that birth rates fall in response to recessions. However, the 2020 COVID-19 recession differed from earlier periods in that employment and access to contraception and abortion fell, as reproductive health centers across the country temporarily closed...
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