Free lunch for all? The impact of universal school lunch on student misbehavior |
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| Institution: | 1. Auburn University, United States;2. Wright State University, United States;1. Ecole Polytechnique and CNRS, France;2. University Alioune Diop Bambey, Senegal;1. Elon University, Department of Economics, 2075 CB, Elon, NC 27244, United States;2. Triage Consulting Group, 1100 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, United States;1. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, United States;2. University of South Carolina, United States;1. William Paterson University, United States;2. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, United States |
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| Abstract: | South Korean primary and secondary schools have been providing free lunches only to low-income students since the 1980s. In the early 2010s, the Free School Meal Program (FSMP) expanded the provision of free lunches to all students, without altering the nutritional content of the school meals or the school meal take-up rate, which has always been very high. We investigate the impact of this universal school lunch program on the incidence of misbehavior in schools. We find that FSMP reduces the number of behavioral incidents, particularly physical fights between students, by about 35%. |
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