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Do boys and girls use computers differently, and does it contribute to why boys do worse in school than girls?
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis." An analysis of the latest data on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores, and other measurable educational outcomes, and these...
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Mums go online : is the internet changing the demand for healthcare?
Amaral-Garcia, Sofia; Nardotto, Mattia; Propper, Carol; … - 2020
We study the effect of internet diffusion on childbirth procedures performed in England between 2000 and 2011. We exploit an identification strategy based on geographical discontinuities in internet access generated by technological factors. We show that broadband internet access increased...
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ICT, collaboration, and science-based innovation : evidence from BITNET
Wernsdorf, Kathrin; Nagler, Markus; Watzinger, Martin - 2020
Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by … induced by ICT are exclusively science-related and stem from fields where knowledge can be codified easily. In contrast, we …
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The effects of computers on children's social development and school participation : evidence from a randomized control experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Kalil, Ariel - 2016
Concerns over the perceived negative impacts of computers on social development among children are prevalent but largely uninformed by plausibly causal evidence. We provide the first test of this hypothesis using a large-scale randomized control experiment in which more than one thousand...
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Telecommunication submarine-cable deployment and the digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cariolle, Joël - 2018
The recent deployment of fibre-optic submarine cables (SMCs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) raised the prospects for the digital economy expansion and the whole sub-continent take-off, but also exposed countries and populations to new sources of vulnerability. This paper provides empirical evidence...
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Isolating the "Tech" from EdTech : experimental evidence on computer assisted learning in China
Ma, Yue; Fairlie, Robert W.; Loyalka, Prashant; … - 2020
EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic. Studies of CAL...
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Capital composition and the declining labor share
Eden, Maya; Gaggl, Paul - 2019 - This Version: November 2019
capital, ascribes a prominent role to the automation hypothesis. Though information and communications (ICT) capital is a … few decades. A framework that distinguishes between ICT and non-ICT capital is empirically plausible and suggests that …
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The adoption of non-rival inputs and firm scope
Jiang, Xian; Rubinton, Hannah - 2024
Custom software is distinct from other types of capital in that it is non-rival—once a firm makes an investment in custom software, it can be used simultaneously across its many establishments. Using confidential US Census data, we document that while firms with more establishments are more...
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On the elasticity of substitution between labor and ICT and IP capital and traditional capital
Jerbashian, Vahagn - 2022
KLEMS database. I distinguish between three types of capital: information and communication technologies (ICT), intellectual … types of capital and allow for differences in the elasticities of substitution between labor, an aggregate of ICT and IP … capital, and traditional capital. The estimated elasticities of substitution between ICT and IP capital are strictly below one …
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Insuring peace : index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict
Gehring, Kai; Schaudt, Paul - 2023
We provide novel evidence of how an innovative market-based solution using remote-sensing technology can mitigate conflict. Droughts are a major driver of conflict in Africa, particularly between nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers, and climate change is predicted to intensify this...
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