TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Brunello, Giorgio
AU  - Paola, Maria De
AU  - Labartino, Giovanna
        TI  - More Apples Less Chips? The Effect of School Fruit Schemes on the Consumption of Junk Food
        PY  - 2012/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6496
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6496
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - EU School Fruit campaign
KW  - Rome
KW  - junk food
        ER  -