The COVID-19 Pandemic and Consumption of Food away from Home:Evidence from High-frequency Rcstaurant Transaction Data
作者机构：College of Economics and ManagementAcademy of Global Food Economics and Policy(AGFEP)China Agricultural UniversityChina Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsUniversity of ConnecticutUS School of Agricultural Economics and Rural DevelopmentRenmin University of ChinaChina
出 版 物：《China & World Economy》 (中国与世界经济（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2021年第29卷第6期
页 面：73-94页
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学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学]
基 金：supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.72103187 and 71973146) National Social Science Foundation of China(No.20&ZD164) the 2115 Talent Development Program at the Beijing Food Safety Policy and Strategy(FSP)Research Base,China Agricultural University the Richard DelFavero Fund for Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut
主 题：COVID-19 food-away-from-home food consumption government stringency nutritional intake
摘 要：This article investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures affected the consumption of food away from home(FAFH)among Chinese *** obtained access to the complete sales records from a major restaurant chain in China,for 111 sites located in 12 cities,covering over 5.6 million high-frequency dining transactions made between 1 January 2019 and 31 December *** applying a high-dimensional fixed-effects model,we found that,on average,consumers spent more and ordered more calories(as well as carbohydrates,protein,fat,and sodium)after the COVID-19 outbreak than in *** results do not support the hypothesis that COVID-19 led to healthier eating behaviors during and after the *** results underline the importance of nutrition education and awareness programs to mitigate unhealthy eating habits generated by the pandemic and of the continued role of FAFH after the pandemic.
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