Anderson, M.L., Gallagher, J., & Ritchie, E.R. (2017). School lunch quality and academic performance. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, No. 23218 doi: 10.3386/w23218Anderson, M. L., Gallagher, J. and Ritchie, E. R. (2017) "School Lunch Quality and Academic...
Using daily lunch transaction data from NYC public schools, I determine which students frequently stand next to one another in the lunch line. I use this `revealed' friendship network to estimate academic peer effects in elementary school classrooms, improving on previous work by defining not only...
Lunch is an important part of a healthy diet, which is essential for the development, growth and academic performance of school-aged children. Currently there is an increasing number of Dutch primary schoolchildren who are transitioning from eating lunch at home to school. There is limited knowled...
we tested the sensitivity of our primary results to alternatively modelling the difference in attendance rates before and after the lottery rather than controlling for the previous year’s attendance rate and by including further adjustment for free and reduced-price lunch eligibility (Supplementary Table...
and low levels of key micronutrients such as vitamin C and calcium. Older children often prefer to eat lunch at cafes and take-aways rather than consider school meals and this practice has been found to relate to lower nutrient-dense diets, particularly in the case of iron. Initiatives have ...
Parents provided information on their child’s dietary habits by indicating how frequently they had breakfast, lunch, and dinner (1 = never, 2 = occasionally, and 3 = always). They also reported the time the student spent playing videogames, using cellphones, and social networks...
Reduced-Price Lunch Program (% of total) 3% Full-Time Equivalent Teachers 181 Starting to think about college? Try the My Fit Custom College Ranking to build a list of schools personalized for you.Get Started Test Scores at Chantilly High School U.S. News calculates the...
Free Lunch Program (% of total) 9% Reduced-Price Lunch Program (% of total) 0% Full-Time Equivalent Teachers 42 Starting to think about college? Try the My Fit Custom College Ranking to build a list of schools personalized for you.Get Started Test Scores at San Marino Hi...
Our variable of interest, FSMP, is an indicator that takes the value of one if school s has taken up the universal free lunch program in the academic year t. That is, FSMP is equal to one if the school provides free lunches to all students, and it is equal to zero if the school ...
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