School meals and educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia

Poppe, Robert; Fr�lich, Markus; Haile, Getinet

Abstract

We investigate the relationship between providing school meals programme 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.

Citation

Poppe, R., Frölich, M., & Haile, G. (2019). School meals and educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies, 55(8), 1741-1756. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1311405

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 21, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 12, 2017
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 13, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Development Studies
• Print ISSN: 0022-0388
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-9140
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1741-1756
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1311405
• Keywords: School meals, Learning achievement, Cognitive development, Ethiopia
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/860192
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2017.1311405
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Development Studies on 12 May 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2017.1311405