Medium‐Run Impacts of Iron‐Fortified School Lunch on Anaemia, Cognition, and Learning Outcomes in India*

Author:

von Grafenstein Liza12,Kumar Abhijeet3,Kumar Santosh45ORCID,Vollmer Sebastian36

Affiliation:

1. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development University of Goettingen Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5 37073 Göttingen Germany

2. IDinsight India Private Limited New Delhi India

3. Centre for Modern Indian Studies University of Goettingen Göttingen Germany

4. Keough School of Global Affairs & Eck Institute for Global Health University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA

5. IZA Bonn Germany

6. Department of Economics University of Goettingen Göttingen Germany

Abstract

AbstractUsing a phase‐in research design, we provide experimental evidence on the impacts of early versus late initiation of iron fortification in school lunch programmes on children's health and cognitive outcomes in India. We find higher haemoglobin levels and a lower likelihood of anaemia in the early treatment group that experienced 4 years of treatment, compared to the late treatment group that was exposed to one and a half years of treatment. Despite significant health gains, we do not find evidence for treatment effects on cognitive and educational outcomes. Heterogeneity analyses show evidence of gendered effects – the anaemia reduction is lower among females relative to males.

Funder

German Research Foundation

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,Economics and Econometrics,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Statistics and Probability

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