@article{89f65968b97846abb03fcf23507a48b8,
title = "Non-compliance and Non-response in Randomised School Meals Experiment: Evidence from Rural Senegal",
abstract = "School meals have been introduced as an important policy tool to improve education outcomes and pupil's nutritional status. This study uses a unique and large-scale randomised field experiment to assess the effectiveness of such programmes on pupils's performance (test scores in French, mathematics and the aggregate) and on the internal efficiency of schools (enrolment, promotion, repetition and dropout) in rural Senegal. We show that attrition and non-compliance occurred not at random in the experiment. Relying on the average treatment effect and the complier effects, we find that the programme has a positive and significant impact on pupils' scores and on the enrolment rate. However, the repetition rate increased. The intervention has a marked gender effect. Cost-effectiveness analysis shows that deworming intervention is more cost-effective than school meals",
keywords = "Senegal, academic performance, compliance, complier effects, cost-effectiveness, education outcomes, experimental study, food quality, randomised experiment, rural area, school meals, student, EDUCATION, TRIAL, PROGRAMS, NUTRITION, IMPACTS, FOOD",
author = "T.T. Azomahou and A. Diagne and F.L. Diallo",
note = "Funding Information: aUniversity Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, IRD, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France, bUniversity Cheikh-Anta-Diop (UCAD), Consortium pour la Recherche Economique et Sociale (CRES), Rue 10 Prolong{\'e}e, Cit{\'e} Iba Ndiaye Diadji no1-2, Dakar, Senegal, and cWest African Monetary Agency (WAMA), Research Department, Wilberforce Area, Freetown, Sierra Leone *Corresponding author: T.T. Azomahou, University Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, IRD, CERDI, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Tel: +33 473 177 515. E-mail: theophile.azomahou@uca.fr †This study has immensely benefited from lengthy comments of two anonymous referees and from the editor John Hoddinott. We are grateful to Fran{\c c}ois Laisney and Pierre Mohnen, for their fruitful comments and suggestions. This work was supported by the FERDI (Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le D{\'e}veloppement International) and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche of the French government through the programme {\textquoteleft}Investissements d{\textquoteright}avenir ANR-10-LABX-14-01{\textquoteright}, by the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) financed by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom (UK Aid) and the government of Canada through the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Senegalese Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The usual disclaimer applies. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, all rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1093/jae/ejz008",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "533--557",
journal = "Journal of African Economies",
issn = "0963-8024",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "5",
}