This study uses data from the December 2003 Food Security Supplement of the CPS to compare the food insufficiency and … insecurity measures with objective measures of food expenditures and objective and subjective measures of food needs. The study … examines the general relationships between these variables and finds that reports of food hardships are positively associated …

food imports from the U.S. with anthropometric and food expenditure data. Our findings suggest that exposure to food … 2012. Pro-obesity effects are driven by areas more exposed to unhealthy food imports. We also find evidence in favour of a …

Time scarcity is one of the strongest correlates of fast food consumption. To estimate the causal effect of time lost … on food choice, we match daily store-specific foot traffic data traced via smartphones to plausibly exogenous shocks in … results imply a net reduction in healthy food store choice due to time lost. …

with observed household consumption decisions. Our approach is based on inference from household-level estimation of food … Engel curves in the US and in a few other countries. For a given price index as the deflator of income, deviations from food …

in the North-East of England was the first local authority to ban planning permission for any new fast-food outlet. We …-2020. Data on food outlets were obtained from Food Standard Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme for 2012-2020. Data on area level … not use planning policy to restrict fast-food outlets. The analysis was at the Middle Super Output Area Level (MSOA). Our …

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the …

This paper investigates time inconsistencies in food consumption based on a field experiment at a college canteen where … and satisfies the consume-on-receipt assumption. Leveraging 3,666 choices of different food healthiness, we find no time … inconsistency at the meal level. Utility weight estimates at the dish level reveal that consumers balance healthiness between food …

Food insecurity is one of the most, if not the most, significant, nutrition-related public health issue confronted in … the US. Unfortunately, we know very little about the determinants of food security except that it is not synonymous with … poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food insecure; many below are not. We investigate a lack of financial …

food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold …, savings and wage income, which lead to improved food security. Given minimal changes in the adoption of relatively expensive …

-term impact on food security, household savings, assets and participation in microfinance. Participant women are less likely to be …