The increase in online shopping during COVID-19: Who is responsible, will it last, and what does it mean for cities?

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The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown measures have led to an increase in e-shopping. Using longitudinal data from before and during the pandemic, we find that the number of respondents in our study who shop online at least once per week increased nearly five-fold between fall 2019 (11.6%) and spring 2020 (51.2%). We estimate a series of ordered logit models to establish who is responsible for this recent rise in e-commerce, and to help assess whether it will be temporary or longer lasting. We then discuss the equity implications and urban and regional restructuring that this change in e-shopping behavior may entail.

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Young, M., Soza-Parra, J., & Circella, G. (2022). The increase in online shopping during COVID-19: Who is responsible, will it last, and what does it mean for cities? Regional Science Policy and Practice, 14(S1), 162–178. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12514

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