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Author-Name: Azomahou T.T. 
Author-Name: Diallo F.L. 
Author-Name: Raymond W. 
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: The harmony of programs package: Quasi-experimental evidence on deworming and canteen interventions in rural Senegal
Abstract: This paper uses a unique and large-scale quasi-experimental data to  study the effect of deworming and school meals programs as a package on  educational outcomes pupils test scores aggregate, French or math;  enrollment, promotion or dropout rates in rural Senegal. We extend the  endogenous selection model  la Heckman to incorporate a double-index  selection mechanism. We also generalize the Roy model accordingly. We  develop estimation strategies based on the full information maximum  likelihood and the two-step method. We derive a wide and rich collection  of treatment effects ranging from exclusive to relative effects  including sequential and substitution effects. The results show that the  combination of deworming and school meals programs is more beneficial to  pupils achievements than taking programs separately. The sequence of  implementation does matter. The two programs are complementary in  increasing scores and promotion rates. However, they are substitutes in  reducing dropouts. The cost-effectiveness analysis shows the deworming  program is by far cheaper than the meals intervention. Implementing  meals program before deworming is more cost-effective than the reverse.  Lastly, unlike the deworming, meals program and the package deworming  and meals have a welfare-enhancing effect on households.     Key words Deworming programs; school meals programs; double-index selection;  complementarity vs. substitutability; educational outcomes; quasi-experiment; social welfare; Africa; Senegal
Keywords: Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Education and Economic Development; 
Classification-JEL: I25; C31; C34; .
Series:  Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 026
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/e4a3908d-cc0e-4e3b-aa59-715decb7a5bc
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Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014026