CONTEXT: In-store food marketing can influence food-purchasing behaviors and warrants
increased attention given the dramatic rise in obesity. Descriptive and experimental studies …

Since the mid-1990s, the concept of the 'urban food desert'has been extensively applied to
deprived neighbourhoods in European and North American cities. Food deserts are usually …

We study the causes of “nutritional inequality”: why the wealthy eat more healthfully than the
poor in the United States. Exploiting supermarket entry and household moves to healthier …

Food insecurity is experienced by millions of Americans and has increased dramatically in
recent years. Due to its prevalence and many demonstrated negative health consequences …

Food access among low-income populations has long been a concern in the United States.
Recent research on the geographic dimensions of access has focused on economically …

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between dollar store expansion and
food access. We begin by documenting the growth of dollar stores over time and comparing …

This article estimates the effect of labor-market concentration on labor compensation across
the US private sector since 2000. The authors distinguish between concentration in local …

This paper provides an analysis of the role of prices in determining food purchases and
nutrition using very detailed transaction-level observations for a large, nationally …

This paper empirically examines the impact of entry by Wal-Mart on competition in the
supermarket industry. Using a detailed panel dataset spanning 1994–2006, we estimate the …

We study the causes of “nutritional inequality”: why the wealthy tend to eat more healthfully
than the poor in the US Using event study designs exploiting supermarket entry and …