Análisis de impacto de desayuno escolar sobre la asistencia en educación general básica en niños, niñas y adolescentes entre 5 y 14 años de edad en el Ecuador

Abstract

There are several targeted social programs in helping the most vulnerable and poorest of Ecuador areas, example of this is the school breakfast program the same as is provided for students attending basic general education (EGB), specifically in the public establishments, municipal and fiscomisionales from around the country. Our research seeks to measure the impact that school breakfast on attendance of children and adolescents in Ecuador, and seek the existence of a different impact both urban and rural areas, as well as to gender girls and children. Then supported on information from the database of the National Survey of Income and Expenditure of Urban and Rural Households (2011-2012 ENIGHUR) provided by the INEC, and through microeconometric technique of quasi-experimental evaluation known as "propensity score matching" one you see collected and processed research data reveals a positive and significant for lower income quintiles impact, as well as making gender distinctions greater impact for children had; and in the same way the sample based rural and urban areas separated, finding that there is a greater impact on the students who live in rural areas.