Bertoni, Marco; Quynh Huynh; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2019
This paper studies the effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction (HEPR) program on school … treatment (at age 8) increases children enrolment by about 9 percent. This positive effect disappears by age 15, and is more … pronounced in urban areas. In sharp contrast, children receiving treatment later (age 12–15) are more likely to drop out by age …
