School Meals, Educational Achievement and School Competition : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

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dc.creatorKremer, Michael
dc.creatorVermeersch, Christel
dc.date2012-06-22T21:07:24Z
dc.date2012-06-22T21:07:24Z
dc.date2005-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:22:46Z
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school finance in a developing country setting. The paper uses data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school participation was 30 percent higher in the treatment group than in the comparison group. The meals program led to higher curriculum test scores, but only in schools where the teacher was relatively experienced prior to the program. The school meals displaced teaching time and led to larger class sizes. Despite improved incentives, teacher absenteeism remained at a high level of 30 percent. Treatment schools raised their fees, and comparison schools close to treatment schools decreased their fees. Some of the price effects are due to a combination of capacity constraints and pupil transfers that would not happen if the school meals were offered in all schools. The intention-to-treat estimator of the effect of the randomized program incorporates those price effects, and therefore it should be considered a lower bound on the effect of generalized school meals. This insight on price effects generalizes to other randomized program evaluations.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642286/schools-meals-educational-achievement-school-competition-evidence-randomized-evaluation
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8884
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3523
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417552
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3523
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADULTS
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectAID
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCLASSROOM MATERIALS
dc.subjectCLASSROOM TEACHING
dc.subjectCLASSROOMS
dc.subjectCURRICULUM
dc.subjectDEWORMING
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHOLIDAYS
dc.subjectINSTRUCTION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL CENTERS
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL CURRICULUM
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL TEACHERS
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectPROFESSIONAL TRAINING
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSCHOOL
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOL FEEDING
dc.subjectSCHOOL MEALS
dc.subjectSCHOOL PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSIBLINGS
dc.subjectSNACK PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSPORTS
dc.subjectTEACHER
dc.subjectTEACHER TRAINING
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTEACHING
dc.subjectTEACHING MATERIALS
dc.subjectTEST SCORES
dc.subjectWALKING
dc.subjectWEIGHT
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULTS
dc.titleSchool Meals, Educational Achievement and School Competition : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

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