Akhter Ahmed|Mary Arends?Kuenning
Do crowded classrooms crowd out learning? Evidence from the food for education program in Bangladesh
International Food Policy Research Institute|University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
bangladeshs food education program ffe provided free food poor families children attended primary school successful increasing childrens school enrollment especially girls however success came price class sizes increased paper uses rich data set includes school achievement test scores information schools household data explore impact ffe quality education analysis focuses impact ffe achievement test scores students receive benefits find evidence negative impact ffe test scores nonbeneficiary students peer effects rather classroom crowding effects