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Estimating The Effects Of Nutrition Label Use On Canadian Consumer Diet-Health Concerns Using Propensity Score Matching, Sven Anders, Christiane Schroeter
Estimating The Effects Of Nutrition Label Use On Canadian Consumer Diet-Health Concerns Using Propensity Score Matching, Sven Anders, Christiane Schroeter
Christiane Schroeter
he overarching goal of nutrition labelling is to transform intrinsic credence attributes into search- able cues, which would enable consumers to make informed food choices at lower search costs. This study estimates the impact of nutrition label usage on Canadian consumers’ (n 5 8,114) per- ceived diet-health concerns using alternative propensity score matching (PSM) techniques. We apply a series of tests and sensitivity analyses to overcome issues of endogeneity and selection bias frequently found in studies of diet-health behaviour and to validate the impact of exposure to nutrition facts labels for users vs. non-users. Our results support the …