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Universal Access to Free School Meals and Student Achievement
Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision
View ORCID ProfileKrista Ruffini
Journal of Human Resources, May 2022, 57 (3) 776-820; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.3.0518-9509R3
Krista Ruffini
Krista Ruffini is a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University.

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Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 57, Issue 3
1 May 2022
Universal Access to Free School Meals and Student Achievement
Krista Ruffini
Journal of Human Resources May 2022, 57 (3) 776-820; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.3.0518-9509R3
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