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Food one click away: The impact of online food delivery platforms on food security in Indonesia

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  • Pyan Muchtar
  • Budy Resosudarmo

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This paper examines the causal effects of online food delivery (OFD) platforms on household food security in the context of a developing country, Indonesia. We construct food security data from households’ consumption surveys from 2012 to 2022 and merged it with a novel dataset on OFD platform penetration across districts, compiled through a combination of internet scraping and machine learning. Utilizing a contemporary event-study estimator to analyze the impact, our findings indicate that the expansion of OFD services enhances food security at the district level, with a more pronounced effect in rural areas, among younger households, and male-led households. We also show that this impact is likely driven by increased competition in the food market.

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  • Pyan Muchtar & Budy Resosudarmo, 2025. "Food one click away: The impact of online food delivery platforms on food security in Indonesia," Departmental Working Papers 2025-05, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:pas:papers:2025-05
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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