Nutrition and cognitive achievement: An evaluation of the School Breakfast Program
Nutrition and cognitive achievement: An evaluation of the School Breakfast Program
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.12.003
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发表时间:
2015-04-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Frisvold, David E.
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作者:
Frisvold, David E.
This paper investigates the impact of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) on cognitive achievement. The SBP is a federal entitlement program that offers breakfast to any student, including free breakfast for any low-income student, who attends a school that participates in the program. To increase the availability of the SBP, many states mandate that schools participate in the program if the percent of free or reduced-price eligible students in a school exceeds a specific threshold. Using the details of these mandates as a source of identifying variation, I find that the availability of the program increases student achievement. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.