Universal or Selective Welfare: Free Meals and Violence in Korean Schools

The impacts of free school lunch policies on adolescent BMI and mental health: Evidence from a natural experiment in South Korea

“…There are also studies with a wider focus such as student misconduct and meal satisfaction after students are offered free school meals. Lee and Baek (2016) and Altindag et al (2020) measure the impact of free school lunches on student misbehavior. They find that incidents of student misconduct decreased significantly after free school lunches were introduced.…”