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The Impact of the Nutrition Improvement Program on Children’s Health in Rural Areas: Evidence from China

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  • Jingxi Wang
  • Lei Zhou
  • Shurong Yao

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This study evaluated the nutrition improvement program (NIP) in China. A difference-in-differences model with propensity score matching was employed to diagnose the explicit effects of the NIP on the physical and mental health of students in rural areas, followed by a sensitivity analysis to validate the reliability of the results. Our findings suggest that the NIP improved the physical and mental health of students under compulsory education in rural areas. It was also found that NIP was more beneficial to students with financial difficulties, left-behind children in rural areas and children with one or more siblings. Based on our results, we suggest the government to implement NIP to narrow the health gap between urban and rural children.

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  • Jingxi Wang & Lei Zhou & Shurong Yao, 2022. "The Impact of the Nutrition Improvement Program on Children’s Health in Rural Areas: Evidence from China," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(1), pages 267-289, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:58:y:2022:i:1:p:267-289
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2019.1706047
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    1. Zhao, Chunkai & Chen, Boou & Song, Zhiyong, 2024. "School nutritious feeding and cognitive abilities of students in poverty: Evidence from the nutrition improvement program in China," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    2. Zhou, Yanran & Ren, Jingru & Zheng, Xiaodong, 2024. "Feeding for a brighter future: The long-term labor market consequences of school meals in rural China," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    3. Jingru Ren & Xiaodong Zheng & Rodney Smith & Xiangming Fang, 2023. "School feeding program and urban–rural inequality of child health: Evidence from China," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(S1), pages 1399-1416, December.
    4. Xueyi Duan & Yinhe Liang & Xiaobo Peng, 2024. "Free school meals and cognitive ability: Evidence from China's student nutrition improvement plan," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(7), pages 1480-1502, July.

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