華南經濟論壇第284期
題目：Weight Gains from Multinational Fast Food Restaurants: Evidence from China
時間：2020年10月29日 15:00-16:30
地點：大學城文科三棟415室
騰訊會議號：754 852 147；密碼：1122（線下會議同時線上直播，學生請到現場參加）
主講人：林發勤 （中國農業大學經濟與管理學院教授）
摘要：
This study examines the obesity effect of proximity to US fast food restaurants (KFC or McDonald) on Chinese. We first provide some stylized facts and raise the hypothesis that proximity to KFC or McDonald increases overweight. We then put the hypothesis into a test using the China Health and Nutrition Survey data. Exploiting community (district in urban area and village unit in rural area) level KFC or McDonald density within 10 KMs by using the geo-coding information, we find that the exposure to KFC or McDonald adversely affects people obesity. Our results are robust in a number of further checks and placebo tests. The pro-obesity effects are more pronounced for the lower educated than high educated, and for men than women. Further welfare analysis indicates that ignoring obesity outcomes would substantially underestimate the welfare disparity between high educated and low educated people in China.
主講人簡介：
林發勤，中國農業大學經濟管理學院教授、博士生導師。2011年、2012年先后在對外經濟貿易大學、澳大利亞阿德萊德大學獲得經濟學博士學位。研究方向涵蓋國際貿易、發展經濟學和應用計量，在Journal of Development Economics、Journal of Comparative Economics、World Development、 Journal of Regional Science、《經濟研究》等國內外頂級期刊發表論文多篇。
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