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Long-term effects of childhood nutrition : evidence from a school lunch reform
Alex-Petersen, Jesper; Lundborg, Petter; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2017
We examine the long-term impact of a policy that introduced free and nutritious school lunches in Swedish primary schools. For this purpose, we use historical data on the gradual implementation of the policy across municipalities and employ a difference- in-differences design to estimate the...
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Long-Term Effects of Childhood Nutrition : Evidence from a School Lunch Reform
Alex-Petersen, Jesper - 2018
We examine the long-term impact of a policy that introduced free and nutritious school lunches in Swedish primary schools. For this purpose, we use historical data on the gradual implementation of the policy across municipalities and employ a difference- in-differences design to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930927
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Behavior change for early childhood nutrition : effectiveness of health worker training depends on maternal information in a randomized control trial
Prakarsh Singh; Masters, William Alan - 2016
providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are … supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise mothers on health and nutrition for their child. Our one-day caregiver … training covered basic health and nutrition facts with advice on how to communicate with mothers for behavior change at home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581671
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In-kind transfer and child development : evidence from subsidized rice program in Indonesia
Gupta, Prachi; Huang, Bihong - 2018
In the aftermath of the Asian financial crises, the Indonesian government launched a subsidized rice program called RASKIN in 1998 to moderate the shocks of food price inflation and reduced employment to poor households. The program has been continued since then with an objective to provide food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011811870
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Evidence of Intra-Household Flypaper Effects from a Nutrition Intervention in Rural Guatemala
Islam, Mahnaz; Hoddinott, John - 2012
Programs designed to improve child nutrition are widespread. The ability of such programs to improve the nutrition of … 'sticks' to the child. This paper contributes to the literature on flypaper effects using data from a nutrition intervention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014215058
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Effects of the COVID-19 crisis on household food consumption and child nutrition in Mozambique
Squarcina, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria - 2022
children's nutrition using the case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. In response to the economic downturn, households … child nutrition before and after the pandemic. The results show that there has been a significant reduction in household …
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Improving children health and cognition : evidence from school-based nutrition intervention in India
Krämer, Marion; Kumar, Santosh; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2018
We present experimental evidence on the impact of delivering double-fortified salt (DFS), salt fortified with iron and iodine, through the Indian school-feeding program called "mid-day meal" on anemia, cognition, and math and reading scores of primary school children. We conducted a field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131559
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Synergies in Social Protection : Impacts of India’s MGNREGA and Public Distribution System on the Health and Nutrition of Women and Children
Narayanan, Sudha; Naraparaju, Karthikeya; Gerber, Nicolas - 2020
’s nutrition or health, even though this is not their main objective. At the same time, the effects are heterogeneous, confirming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014102474
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Protecting child nutritional status in the aftermath of a financial crisis : evidence from Indonesia
Giles, John; Satriawan, Elan - 2014
In response to concerns over the vulnerability of the young in the wake of Indonesia's 1997-1998 economic crises, the Government of Indonesia implemented a supplementary feeding program to support early childhood nutritional status. This paper exploits heterogeneity in duration of program...
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A simple recipe : the effect of a prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth
Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre - 2016 - Revised version
We study the impact of a Canadian prenatal nutrition program on child health at birth. The objective of the "oeuf … significant. While the cost of the program is equivalent to the comparable United States Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women …
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