The Effect of Free School Meals on Household Food Purchases: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision

For their helpful comments, we would like to thank Christopher S. Carpenter, Will Davis, Andrew Dustan, David Frisvold, Daniel Mangrum, Analisa Packham, and Paige Skiba, as well as seminar participants at the University of Memphis, the University of Louisville, Washington and Lee University, the 2019 Meeting of the American Society of Health Economists, and the 2020 meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Researcher(s)' own analyses calculated (or derived) based in part on data from Nielsen Consumer LLC and marketing databases provided through the NielsenIQ Datasets at the Kilts Center for Marketing Data Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The conclusions drawn from the NielsenIQ data are those of the researcher(s) and do not reflect the views of NielsenIQ. NielsenIQ is not responsible for, had no role in, and was not involved in analyzing and preparing the results reported herein. All remaining errors are our own. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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