children and the weight gain of over 3 million pregnant women. We find that among 9th grade children, a fast food restaurant … restaurant within a half mile of her residence results in a 1.6 percent increase in the probability of gaining over 20 kilos …

We study the impact of the minimum wage on firm exit in the restaurant industry, exploiting recent changes in the … minimum wage at the city level. We find that the impact of the minimum wage depends on whether a restaurant was already close … minimum wage leads to a 10 percent increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating on …

In 2011, Maricopa County adopted voluntary restaurant hygiene grade cards (A, B, C, D). Using inspections results …

significantly affect bar and restaurant sales or establishment level alcohol tax expenditures …

-based restaurant hygiene prediction tournament that we helped coordinate. The Boston tournament yielded algorithms—at low cost …

and social frictions influence restaurant visits within New York City. Transit time plays a first-order role in … on restaurant choices: individuals are less likely to visit venues in neighborhoods demographically different from their … restaurant consumption in New York City is only about half as segregated as residences. Consumption segregation owes more to …