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Social, Political, and Economic Inequality

Reducing Inequality in Academic Outcomes with a Meal Program: A Field Experiment with Low-Income Families

Awarded External Scholars
Rebecca Ryan
Georgetown University
Pamela Herd
University of Wisconsin
Ariel Kalil
University of Chicago
Carolyn Barnes
University of Chicago
Anna Gassman-Pines
Duke University
Elizabeth Linos
Harvard University
Project Date:
Award Amount:
$74,585
Summary

Inadequate nutrition can harm children’s health and development, including academic outcomes. A promising way to boost child nutrition is through home meal programs. Psychologists Rebecca Ryan, Ariel Kalil, and Anna Gassman-Pines, sociologist Pamela Herd, political scientist and public policy scholar Carolyn Barnes, and public policy scholar and behavioral scientist Elizabeth Linos will evaluate the effects of a home meal program on student academic outcomes in a low-income community. They will conduct a field experiment for their study.