Faculty & Research Published Research Research Economics Ethics Health Policy (-) Education Facet Area of Focus - Research Benjamin Castleman Daniel W. Player Daphna Bassok Sarah Turner Christopher J. Ruhm Isaac Mbiti Leora Friedberg Bala Mulloth Benjamin Converse Charles Holt James H. Wyckoff (-) John Pepper Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Education The Impact of the National School Lunch Program on Child Health: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis Authors: John Pepper, Craig Gunderson, Brent Kreider Children in households reporting the receipt of free or reduced-price school meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) are more likely to have negative health outcomes than observationally similar nonparticipants. Assessing causal effects of the program is made difficult, however, by missing counterfactuals and systematic underreporting of program participation. Learn more
Published Research Education The Impact of the National School Lunch Program on Child Health: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis Authors: John Pepper, Craig Gunderson, Brent Kreider Children in households reporting the receipt of free or reduced-price school meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) are more likely to have negative health outcomes than observationally similar nonparticipants. Assessing causal effects of the program is made difficult, however, by missing counterfactuals and systematic underreporting of program participation. Learn more