Arbeitspapier
More apples less chips? The effect of school fruit schemes on the consumption of junk food
We use scanner data of supermarket sales to investigate the effects of the EU School Fruit campaign, conducted in a sample of primary schools in the city of Rome during 2010 and 2011, on the consumption of unhealthy snacks. We allocate supermarkets to treatment and control groups depending on whether they are located or not near treated schools and estimate the causal effect of the program by comparing the changes in the sales of snacks in treated stores with the changes in control stores. We find evidence that the campaign reduced the consumption of unhealthy snacks bought in stores located in high income areas. No effect is found in poorer areas. Repeated treatment does not strengthen the effects of the program.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ISER Discussion Paper ; No. 840
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- Subject
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EU School Fruit campaign
junk food
Rome
Schüler
Konsumentenverhalten
Snackartikel
Rom
Italien
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Brunello, Giorgio
De Paola, Maria
Labartino, Giovanna
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- (where)
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Osaka
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Brunello, Giorgio
- De Paola, Maria
- Labartino, Giovanna
- Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Time of origin
- 2012
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