Take‐up of Free School Meals

Price Effects and Peer Effects

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9724923
AutoresAngus Holford (0000-0003-2019-4845, University of Essex, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume82
Fascículo328
Páginas976-993
Data de publicação2015-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEconomica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ecca.12147
OpenAlexW2114678925
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas7

29% of the 1.4 million eligible children do not participate in the UK's Free School Meals programme. Like other welfare benefits, take‐up of free school meals is affected by stigma and lack of information. This paper uses a fixed‐effect instrumental variables strategy to evaluate the role of peer‐group participation in overcoming these barriers. Identification of endogenous peer effects is achieved by exploiting a scheme that extended free school meal entitlement to all children in some areas. Results show that a 10 percentage point rise in peer‐group take‐up reduces non‐participation by 3.3–4.0 percentage points, or between 29% and 35

Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Entitlement (fair division) · Environmental health · Instrumental variable · Meal · Microeconomics · Peer effects · Peer group · Percentage point · Point (geometry) · School choice · School meal · Welfare · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology