Does quality matter in local consumption amenities? An empirical investigation with Yelp

Kuang, Chun

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2017.02.006

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“…Insofar as Yelp's star-rating system reflects consumers' underlying satisfaction with their provider, our results are consistent with previous survey-based studies, all of which show that parents-even low-income ones-overwhelmingly approve of their child's arrangement (e.g., National Public Radio, 2016; Bassok et al, 2018a;Raikes et al, 2012). It is also possible that a business's Yelp rating is a proxy for product quality, which has either been assumed in some previous studies using Yelp data (e.g., Anderson & Magruder, 2012;Kuang, 2017;Luca & Luca, 2017) or has been tested directly in other markets (e.g., Bardach et al, 2013;Ranard, et al, 2016). To the extent that child care business ratings provide accurate signals of true quality, our results suggest that program quality may be substantially higher in wealthy communities than in poorer ones.…”

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What do parents value in a child care provider? Evidence from Yelp consumer reviews

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Desouza

Alashri

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Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

What do parents value in a child care provider? Evidence from Yelp consumer reviews

Herbst

Desouza

Alashri

et al. 2020

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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“…We consider a housing market (residential neighborhood) where a shopping center is located. The shopping center provides residents living in the neighborhood with the convenience of shopping and easy access to entertainment which increases the attractiveness of the neighborhood (Bloch, Ridgway, & Dawson, 1994;Koster & Rouwendal, 2012;Kuang, 2017;Rosiers, Lagana, Théeriault, & Beaudoin, 1996;Shields, 1995). In contrast, the shopping center may also cause inconvenience (e.g., air pollution, crime, noise, and traffic congestion) which decreases the attractiveness of the neighborhood (Hughes & Sirmans, 1992;Ihlanfeldt & Mayock, 2010;Kahn & Schwartz, 2008;Lens & Meltzer, 2016;Pope & Pope, 2012;Smith, Poulos, & Kim, 2002;Swoboda, Nega, & Timm, 2015).…”

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The external effects of inner‐city shopping centers: Evidence from the Netherlands

Song

Duijn

Vlist

2019

Journal of Regional Science

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Shopping center redevelopment is inevitable to remain attractive for consumers. In this paper, we investigate the external effects of shopping center redevelopment on nearby residential property prices. Using a difference‐in‐difference empirical framework, we find the redevelopment has positive external effects on nearby property prices. We find the price of a property located next to a redeveloped shopping center increases by 1.43% on average just after redevelopment. Our results indicate that these positive external effects wear off rather rapidly across space and over time. This suggests that shopping center redevelopment plays a substantial, but limited, role in combating neighborhood deprivation.

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“…This confirms that the share of restaurants within an MSA that belong to a national chain can serve as proxy for a lack of quality restaurants in an MSA. Note that all of our various measures focus on quality, not quantity, as it is quality differences that appear to be valued and capitalized into home prices (Kuang, ). The fact that our various measures of restaurant quality are consistently correlated in expected ways inspires confidence that they are adequate measures of this positive amenity.…”

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Do land use restrictions increase restaurant quality and diversity?

Shoag

Veuger

2019

Journal of Regional Science

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There is significant evidence that restrictions on residential land use reduce housing supply, increase house prices, and limit inflows of low‐income households. Local decision‐makers often argue that their efforts are mere attempts to preserve local amenities. We provide evidence that there is some truth to this claim: that residents of cities with more restrictions on land use appear to have access to higher‐quality and more diverse restaurants. In the process, we develop measures of restaurant quality based on organically generated data that, while strongly correlated with expert assessments, are more easily calculated at high frequencies and levels of geographic granularity.

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Does quality matter in local consumption amenities? An empirical investigation with Yelp

Cited by 45 publications

References 26 publications

What do parents value in a child care provider? Evidence from Yelp consumer reviews

What do parents value in a child care provider? Evidence from Yelp consumer reviews

The external effects of inner‐city shopping centers: Evidence from the Netherlands

Do land use restrictions increase restaurant quality and diversity?

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