TY - JOUR
T1 - Kids eat free
T2 - School feeding and family spending on education
AU - Wang, Haining
AU - Cheng, Zhiming
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - We examine the relationship between children's participation in the Nutrition Improvement Programme (NIP) and household education expenditure on students under compulsory education in rural China. We find that participating in the school feeding programme can significantly increase household investment in children's education, especially in-school education expenditure. This positive relationship may be mediated by family economic status, parental time investment in children's education, and children's health status and cognitive ability. There is considerable heterogeneity in the impacts of the school feeding programme across subsamples. In general, male children and children from disadvantaged families, such as those in low- and middle-income households, those with less educated parents, and those left behind by migrant parents, are likely to benefit more from the school feeding programme. We also find suggestive evidence of intrahousehold resource reallocation away from eligible female children in response to the school feeding programme.
AB - We examine the relationship between children's participation in the Nutrition Improvement Programme (NIP) and household education expenditure on students under compulsory education in rural China. We find that participating in the school feeding programme can significantly increase household investment in children's education, especially in-school education expenditure. This positive relationship may be mediated by family economic status, parental time investment in children's education, and children's health status and cognitive ability. There is considerable heterogeneity in the impacts of the school feeding programme across subsamples. In general, male children and children from disadvantaged families, such as those in low- and middle-income households, those with less educated parents, and those left behind by migrant parents, are likely to benefit more from the school feeding programme. We also find suggestive evidence of intrahousehold resource reallocation away from eligible female children in response to the school feeding programme.
KW - China
KW - Household education spending
KW - Nutrition improvement programme
KW - School feeding
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120854465&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.11.023
DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.11.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120854465
SN - 0167-2681
VL - 193
SP - 196
EP - 212
JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
ER -