The Impact of Chile's School Feeding Program on Education Outcomes

Autor/in	McEwan, Patrick J.
Titel	The Impact of Chile's School Feeding Program on Education Outcomes
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 32 (2013), S.122-139 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.08.006
Schlagwörter	Grade Repetition; Enrollment; Foreign Countries; Nutrition; Rural Schools; Public Schools; Outcomes of Education; School Entrance Age; Grade 4; Scores; Disadvantaged Schools; Attendance Patterns; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Einschulung; Ausland; Ernährung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Einschulungsalter; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Chile operates one of the oldest and largest school feeding programs in Latin America, targeting higher-calorie meals to relatively poorer schools. This paper evaluates the impact of higher-calorie meals on the education outcomes of public, rural schools and their students. It applies a regression-discontinuity design to administrative data, including school enrollment and attendance, first-grade enrollment age and grade repetition, and fourth-grade test scores. There is no evidence, across a range of specifications and samples, that additional calories affect these variables. The paper suggests that the focus of Chilean policy should further shift to the nutritional composition of school meals, rather than the caloric content. (Contains 10 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10