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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...
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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program
Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884274
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The Impact of a One Laptop per Child Program on Learning: Evidence from Uruguay
De Melo, Gioia; Machado, Alina; Miranda, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We present evidence on the impact on students' math and reading scores of one of the largest deployments of an OLPC program and the only one implemented at a national scale: Plan Ceibal in Uruguay. Unlike previous work in the field, we have unique data that allow us to know the exact date of...
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …
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To Be or Not to Be... a Scientist?
Chevalier, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
scientific occupations. Using a survey of recent British graduates from Higher Education we report that fewer than 50% of science … graduates work in a scientific occupation three years after graduation. The wage premium observed for science graduates stems … from occupational choice rather than a science degree. Accounting for selection into subject and occupation, the returns to …
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Can We Test for Bias in Scientific Peer-Review?
Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Science rests upon the reliability of peer review. This paper suggests a way to test for bias. It is able to avoid the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703672
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A Suggested Method for the Measurement of World-Leading Research (Illustrated with Data on Economics)
Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002824
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The Elite Brain Drain
Hunter, Rosalind S.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Charlton, Bruce G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world's most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. We show they migrate systematically towards nations with large R&D spending. Our study cannot adjudicate on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004552
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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...
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Real Unit Labour Costs in Eurozone Countries: Drivers and Clusters
Ordóñez, Javier; Sala, Hector; Silva, José I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
asymmetries in the convergence process of the RULCs and its components – real wages, capital intensity, and technology – are … achieving real convergence and, by extension, nominal convergence. We conclude by outlining technology as the key convergence …
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