Working Paper

The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition: Food Deserts and Food Choices Across the United States

Hunt Allcott

New York University

Rebecca Diamond

Stanford University

Jean-Pierre Dube

University of Chicago

Jul 27, 2023

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Uses an event study design to determine effects of store entry on healthy eating. While consumers shift their purchases toward new store entrants, these purchases are primarily substituted away from other supermarkets, suggesting that benefits of combatting “food deserts” derive primarily from reducing consumers’ travel costs.

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