Similar Search Results

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

colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884302

Community Entrepreneurship in Deprived Neighbourhoods: Comparing UK Community Enterprises with US Community Development Corporations

Varady, David P.; Kleinhans, Reinout; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

increasingly considered as a means to continue small-scale urban regeneration, not only in the UK but also in several other …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125877

Integrating Mobile Phone Technologies into Labor-Market Intermediation: A Multi-Treatment Experimental Design

Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C.; Galdo, Virgilio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This study investigates the causal impacts of integrating mobile phone technologies into traditional public labor-market intermediation services on employment outcomes. By providing faster, cheaper and up-to-date information on job vacancies via SMS, mobile phone technologies might affect the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269604

IC Technology and Learning: An Impact Evaluation of Cl@ssi2.0

Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements … conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT … causal effect of ICT on student achievements, controlling for their initial level. Despite a significant financial investment …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265285

Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C.; Galdo, Virgilio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Subjective expectations are fundamental for understanding individual behavior. Yet, little is known about how individuals use new information to formulate and update their subjective expectations. In this study, we exploit data from a multi-treatment field experiment to investigate how...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265647

Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces: A Panel Data Analysis

Shiu, Alice; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

compared with the western region. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and information and communication technology (ICT) investment …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233841

Knowledge Spillovers, ICT and Productivity Growth

Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cecilia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the marginal impact of ICT capital is higher when it is complemented with …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790516

ICT Adoption and Productivity in Developing Countries: New Firm Level Evidence from Brazil and India

Basant, Rakesh; Commander, Simon; Harrison, Rupert; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

determinants of ICT adoption and its impact on performance in both countries. The descriptive evidence shows that Brazilian firms … on average use ICT more intensively than their Indian counterparts but changes over time have been rather similar in both … places. Within countries ICT intensity is strongly related to size, ownership structure, share of administrative workers and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566576

Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080

The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students Digital Skills in Peru

Bet, German; Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884229