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Title: The Effect of Sprawl Development, Population Density, and Transportation Costs on Food Access

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This paper explores the effect of transportation systems on urban food access in the United States. Since the development of the interstate highways system, transportation costs were reduced and many cities developed in a sprawling pattern characterized by low population density and car dependence. I hypothesize that this change caused the decline of neighborhood grocery stores, and local bodegas selling fresh food. I look at how changes in transportation patterns affected the food desert status of all urban census tracts in the United States. I use a difference in differences model as well as an instrumental variables model to attempt to understand if results are consistent given both approaches to addressing endogeneity. The results suggest that sprawl development and car dependence are consistently associated with food desert status; however, the magnitude of the effect is modest.

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Authors: Schauder, Stephanie

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other, Population Data Science

Countries: United States