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structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the manufacturing sector. We show that three of the BRICS are experiencing …
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impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the …
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We refine modelling of the radical innovation decision in this paper by extending real option theory to include non … stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …
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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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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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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...
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colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in …
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This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United … States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and … technology are present throughout the United States, the impacts of trade tend to be more geographically concentrated, owing in …
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. This program has considerably increased access to information technology within households since evidence shows that … parents make use of the technology. Households in the department of Florida received laptops in 2007, while those in the …
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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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