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Does Technology in Schools Affect Repetition, Dropout and Enrollment? Evidence from Peru

Czerwonko, Alejo Eduardo; Cristia, Julian; Garofalo, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an open question because of the limited evidence available. This paper contributes to filling that...

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

Cristia, Julian; Bet, Germán; Ibarrarán, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 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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Does ICT Increase Years of Education?: Evidence from Peru

Cristia, Julian; Czerwonko, Alejo Eduardo; Garofalo, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

A number of empirical studies have measured the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on test scores, yet there is a lack of empirical evidence on the effects of this type of intervention on drop-out and repetition rates, variables that have a direct impact on years of...

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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program Title: Tecnología y desarrollo infantil: Evidencia del programa Una computadora por niño

Cristia, Julian; Ibarrarán, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 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...

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Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

We develop a theory of commercialization mode (entry or sale) of entrepreneurial inventions into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is more likely to be sold (or licensed) to an incumbent due to strategic product market effects on the sales price. Moreover, preemptive...

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Commercialization of Swedish Patents – A Pilot Study in the Medical and Hygiene Sector

Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2002

In this paper, I analyze the commercialization of patents in the Swedish medicine & hygiene sector. A unique database makes it possible to use a new method, where I follow the commercialization process of individual patents. A surprisingly low share (10%) of the inventions was discovered at...

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The Inventor’s Role: Was Schumpeter Right?

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

of invention, innovation (commercialization) and imitation. We show why there is a rationale for the Schumpeterian … entrepreneur to also include the inventor in the innovation process. In addition, we provide a framework where the theories of … possibilities of successful commercialization since the inventor may further adapt the innovation to customer needs, transmit …

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R&D and Foreign Sales in Multinationals: A Simultaneous Relationship?

Fors, Gunnar; Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996

This paper analyzes the simultaneous relationship between R&D and foreign sales in Swedish multinational enterprises in the manufacturing sector. We argue that this two-way relationship should especially apply to multinationals based in small open economies due to the firms' high dependence on...

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R&D and Foreign Sales: Evidence from Swedish Multinationals

Svensson, Roger; Fors, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994

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