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dc.contributor.authorJayaraman, Rajshrien
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-13T15:00:20Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-13T15:00:20Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/39926-
dc.description.abstractEducation is thought to be central to economic development. Yet, relatively little is known about how developing countries might advance school participation. In November, 2001 the Indian Supreme Court issued a remarkable interim order directing errant Indian states to other children in government primary schools a warm school lunch. This paper uses this exogenous policy change to evaluate the impact of school lunches on early primary school enrolment. It finds that the introduction of a school lunch is associated with a 25 per cent increase in class 1 enrolment. There is, however, no evidence to suggest that school lunches bridge the overall gender or caste gaps in enrolment.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009 |x15en
dc.subject.jelI2en
dc.subject.jelO22en
dc.subject.jelO12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.keywordschool lunchesen
dc.subject.keywordquasi-natural experimenten
dc.titleThe impact of school lunches on school enrolment: Evidence from an exogenous policy change in India-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn654210292en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec09:15en

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