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Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impacts of a Large-Scale School Feeding Program

View ORCID ProfileElisabetta Aurino, Aulo Gelli, Clement Adamba, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Harold Alderman
Journal of Human Resources, January 2023, 58 (1) 74-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.1019-10515R1
Elisabetta Aurino
Elisabetta Aurino is an assistant professor in development economics at the University of Barcelona School of Economics ().
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Clement Adamba is research fellow at the School of Education and Leadership, University of Ghana.
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Isaac Osei-Akoto is senior research fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research at the University of Ghana.
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Aulo Gelli and Harold Alderman are senior research fellows at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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Aulo Gelli and Harold Alderman are senior research fellows at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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vol. 58 no. 1 74-111
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.1019-10515R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received October 1, 2019
  • Accepted September 1, 2020
  • Published online January 3, 2023.

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  1. Elisabetta Aurino,
  2. Aulo Gelli,
  3. Clement Adamba,
  4. Isaac Osei-Akoto and
  5. Harold Alderman
  1. Elisabetta Aurino is an assistant professor in development economics at the University of Barcelona School of Economics (e.aurino{at}ub.edu).
  2. Clement Adamba is research fellow at the School of Education and Leadership, University of Ghana.
  3. Isaac Osei-Akoto is senior research fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research at the University of Ghana.
  4. Aulo Gelli and Harold Alderman are senior research fellows at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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