School Meals and Educational Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia |
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| Authors: | Robert Poppe Markus Frölich Getinet Haile |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germanyfroelich@c4ed.org froelich@uni-mannheim.de;2. Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED), University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany;3. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK |
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| Abstract: | We investigate the relationship between providing school meals programmes and educational outcomes in Ethiopia. Using data from school catchment areas across rural Ethiopia, the paper examines the role played by programme modalities and their implementation. The results indicate that supplementing on-site school meals with take-home rations can be beneficial for concentration, reading, writing and arithmetic skills. The timing of the distribution of school meals is also found to play an important role. |
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