Abstract
This paper applies two-stage least square (2SLS) model to quantify the impact of school feeding programme (SFP) on the education and health outcomes of South African children. The paper also estimates the spillover effects of SFP on parents' health spending. The results shows that the SFP has a significant effect, improving illness, school attendance, and academic achievement. The impact of SFP is higher in rural regions than in urban settings and larger in boys than in girls. Notably, the positive effects of SFP are also confirmed by the presence of positive spillover effects. Parents whose children benefited from SFP recorded lower health spending than parents who did not benefit from SFP. In light of these positive findings, the paper concludes that SFP supports the South African population beyond the targeted children education and health outcomes.
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