We estimate the impact of involuntary unemployment following employer shutdowns during the COVID‐19 pandemic on American households' past‐week food expenditures, free food receipt, and food sufficiency, as well as confidence about next month's food adequacy. Over April to June 2020, compared with households containing employed respondents, households with respondents who lost their jobs due to coronavirus‐induced firm closures spent 15% less on food, were 36% more likely receive free food, were 10% less likely to have enough food to eat, and were 21% less likely to report at least moderate confidence in their future ability to afford needed foods.

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失业对食品支出和充足性的影响：冠状病毒诱发的公司倒闭的证据

我们估计在COVID-19流行期间雇主关闭后非自愿失业对美国家庭过去一周的食物支出，免费食物收入和食物充足以及对下个月食物充足的信心的影响。在2020年4月至2020年6月期间，与包含受雇受访者的家庭相比，有受访者的家庭因冠状病毒导致的公司关闭而失业，在食品上的花费减少了15％，获得免费食物的可能性增加了36％，获得食物的可能性减少了10％有足够的食物可食用，而且对他们未来负担所需食物的能力表示出至少中等信心的可能性要低21％。