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Access to Technology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … experiment indicate that the treatment group of students receiving free computers has a 4.5 percentage point higher probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884302
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Gender Differences in Competition Emerge Early in Life
Sutter, Matthias; Rützler, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550513
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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
conducting the largest-ever field experiment involving the random provision of free computers for home use to students. 1 …,123 schoolchildren grades 6-10 in 15 California schools participated in the experiment. Although the program significantly increased …
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Strategic Sophistication of Adolescents: Evidence from Experimental Normal-Form Games
Czermak, Simon; Feri, Francesco; Rützler, Daniela; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides making choices, subjects have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that choices are more often a best reply to beliefs if any player has a dominant strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466019
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Social Preferences in Childhood and Adolescence: A Large-Scale Experiment
Sutter, Matthias; Feri, Francesco; Kocher, Martin G.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants make decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557230