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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w29462 |
来源ID | Working Paper 29462 |
Depression and Shopping Behavior | |
Katherine Meckel; Bradley Shapiro | |
发表日期 | 2021-11-08 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Using a large survey panel that connects household shopping behavior with individual health information, this paper documents correlations between self reported depression and the size and composition of shopping baskets. First, we find that roughly 16% of individuals report suffering from depression and over 30% of households have at least one member who reports suffering from depression. Households with a member suffering from depression exhibit striking differences in shopping behavior: they spend less overall, visit grocery stores less and convenience stores more frequently and spend a smaller share of their baskets on fresh produce and alcohol but a larger share on tobacco. They spend similar shares on unhealthy foods like cakes, candy, and salty snacks. These cross-sectional correlations hold within counties, suggesting that they are not driven by region specific demographics or preferences that are incidentally correlated with depression status. They also hold when considering only single-member households. However, we rule out large differences in shopping behavior within households as they change depression status. Further, using the take-up of antidepressants as an event, we document little change in shopping in response to treatment. With our results, we discuss takeaways for the economic impact of depression and for decision modeling. |
主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Other ; Accounting, Marketing, and Personnel |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w29462 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/587136 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Katherine Meckel,Bradley Shapiro. Depression and Shopping Behavior. 2021. |
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