Spending of Economic Stimulus Payments and Changes in Food Purchasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

John Lai, Stephen Morgan, Bachir Kassas, Jaclyn Kropp and Zhifeng Gao

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2020, vol. 35, issue 3

Abstract: Using a nationwide survey, we characterize the ways in which U.S. households spent their economic impact payments (EIPs) and investigate changes in household food purchasing in response to COVID-19. Most consumers allocated a significant fraction of their EIPs to food, with an increase in spending on canned food, dry goods, and snacks.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307916

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