Buttenheim, AlisonAlderman, HaroldFriedman, Jed2012-03-192012-03-192011-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3291Despite the popularity and widespread implementation of school feeding programs, evidence on the impact of school feeding on school participation and nutritional status is mixed. This study evaluates school feeding programs in three northern districts of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Feeding modalities included on-site feeding, take-home rations, and a combination. District-level implementation of the intervention sites and selective take-up present considerable evaluation challenges. To address these limitations, the authors use difference-in-difference estimators with propensity-score weighting to construct two plausible counterfactuals. They find minimal evidence that the school feeding schemes increased enrollment or improved children s nutritional status. Several robustness checks and possible explanations for 0 findings are presented.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTANEMIAANIMAL SOURCE FOODSAVERAGE ATTENDANCEBOARDINGCAROTENECHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD GROWTHCHILD HEALTHCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUSCHILD SURVIVALCLASSROOMCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTCOGNITIVE FUNCTIONCOGNITIVE FUNCTIONSCORNDAILY ATTENDANCEDAIRYDIETEDUCATION ATTAINMENTEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATIONEDUCATIONAL POLICIESEFFECTIVE TEACHINGELEMENTARY SCHOOLSENROLLMENT FOR CHILDRENENROLLMENT INCREASESENROLLMENT OF CHILDRENENROLLMENT RATESETHNIC COMPOSITIONETHNIC DIVERSITYETHNIC GROUPSEXAMFIRST GRADEFOOD ACCESSFOOD DELIVERYFOOD DISTRIBUTIONFOOD POLICYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PREPARATIONFOOD RATIONSFOOD STORAGEFOOD SUPPLEMENTSFOOD TRANSFERSFORTIFIED FOODSFRIENDLY SCHOOLSGENDER GAPGIRL STUDENTSGRADE EXAMGRADE REPETITIONHIGHER ENROLLMENTHOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITYHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUNGERHYGIENEINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERVENTIONSIODINEIRONIRON DEFICIENCYLEARNINGLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTMALNUTRITIONMEALMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIESMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCYNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENUTRIENTNUTRITION OUTCOMESNUTRITION STATUSNUTRITIONAL STATUSNUTRITIONISTSOLDER CHILDRENOLDER GIRLSPASS RATEPRESCHOOL CHILDRENPRESCHOOLERSPRIMARY GRADESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDRENPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOL NET ENROLLMENTREGULAR ATTENDANCERICESCHOOL AGESCHOOL BREAKFASTSCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL DAYSCHOOL DAYSSCHOOL DISTRICTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENTRYSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSCHOOL HOURSSCHOOL MEALSSCHOOL PARTICIPATIONSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL SUCCESSSCHOOL UNIFORMSSCHOOL YEARSCHOOL-AGESCHOOL-AGE CHILDRENSCHOOLCHILDRENSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSNACKSSTUDENT ATTENDANCESTUDENT OUTCOMESSUGARTEACHERTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSVILLAGE LEADERSVILLAGE LEVELVULNERABLE CHILDRENWEIGHT GAINWFPWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5518