近日，财政系许敬轩副教授、辽宁大学财政系讲师梁鑫、与硕士研究生胡倩琳、侯湘合作论文The National Nutrition Improvement Program and the equity of educational opportunities: evidence from rural China 于2024年3月在Applied Economics发表。Applied Economics为ABS2期刊，伟德BETVLCTOR1946认定的A1期刊。

1 内容摘要

The Children’s Nutrition and Health Poverty Alleviation Project is a vital initiative of the Chinese government to boost education, narrow urban-rural educational gaps, and ensure equal educational opportunities. Based on the 2015 China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data, this paper empirically evaluates the impact of the National Nutrition Improvement Program on the equity of rural educational opportunities using Differences-in-Differences (DID) method of the cross-sectional data. Findings indicate that Nutrition Improvement Program (NIP), by providing free nutritious lunches for children, reduced the opportunity cost of children going to school, and significantly promoted the improvement of children’s education level. The implementation of the one-semester policy increased children’s educational years by an average of 0.14, which is attributed to the fact that the NIP has contributed to children’s access to higher levels of education, because we found that the NIP had no significant impact on children’s primary and junior high school enrolment, but significantly increased senior high school and university enrolment by 5.8 and 4.2% points. Heterogeneity analysis reveals a stronger impact on children with less-educated, poorer fathers and a greater effect on boys than girls. Additionally, central pilot counties experience a more significant policy effect than local pilot counties.

儿童营养健康扶贫工程是我国政府为促进教育事业发展、缩小城乡教育差距、实现教育机会公平的重要举措。本文基于2015年CHNS数据，运用截面数据双重差分法，实证评估了国家营养改善计划对农村教育机会公平的影响。研究发现，营养改善计划通过为儿童提供免费营养午餐等方式，减少了儿童上学的机会成本，显著促进了儿童受教育水平提升。每实施一学期政策使儿童受教育年限平均提高了0.14年，这归因于营养改善计划有助于儿童接受更高层次的教育，我们发现营养改善计划对儿童的小学和初中入学没有显著影响，但显著提高了高中和大学入学率分别达到5.8%和4.2%。异质性分析表明，营养改善计划对父亲受教育程度较低、较为贫困的家庭子女的受教育水平影响更大，且对男孩的受教育程度影响更大。此外，政策对中央试点县儿童的受教育水平有更大促进作用。

2 作者简介

许敬轩，伟德BETVLCTOR1946财政系副教授，硕士生导师。博士毕业于中国人民大学，主要研究方向为财政理论与政策、环境经济学等。在《经济研究》《金融研究》Energy Economics等期刊发表多篇论文。主持国家自然科学基金青年基金项目。

胡倩琳，伟德BETVLCTOR1946财政学硕士研究生。

侯湘，伟德BETVLCTOR1946财政学硕士研究生。

3 原文链接

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2024.2323548