Quality of Education among Primary School Children receiving Mid-Day Meal: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Kundu, Amit and Dutt, Gitanjali (2014): Quality of Education among Primary School Children receiving Mid-Day Meal: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment. Published in: The Empirical Economics Letters , Vol. 13, No. November 2014 (30 November 2014): pp. 26-29.

Abstract

This paper on the basis of Quasi-experiment shows that ‘quality of education’ of the students of the government owned primary schools getting mid-day meal are not satisfactory. Lack of giving sufficient importance on education by the parents for their children mainly coming from low socio-economic back ground is the major cause behind that.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Mid day meal, Quality of education, Non-random sample, Quasi-experiment.
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C9 - Design of Experiments > C93 - Field Experiments; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D10 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I21 - Analysis of Education; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I28 - Government Policy

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