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email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren … the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and …
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Computers are an important part of modern education, yet large segments of the population - especially low-income and … conducting the largest-ever field experiment involving the random provision of free computers for home use to students. 1 …,123 schoolchildren grades 6-10 in 15 California schools participated in the experiment. Although the program significantly increased …
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Computers are an important part of modern education, yet large segments of the population – especially low-income and … conducting the largest-ever field experiment involving the random provision of free computers for home use to students. 1 …,123 schoolchildren grades 6-10 in 15 California schools participated in the experiment. Although the program significantly increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674530
schools close. We run a randomized trial of low-technology interventions – SMS messages and phone calls – with parents to …-run implications for the role of technology and parents as partial educational substitutes when schooling is disrupted. …
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Tracking is widespread in U.S. education. In post-secondary education alone, at least 71% of colleges use a test to … experiment across seven colleges to evaluate the algorithm's effects on students. Placement rates into college-level courses …
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neighborhoods with schools that have 1.5 percentage point higher proficiency rate on state exams. We use data from the experiment to …
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We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … education are still substantial, and amount to a 4 years gain in life expectancy, on average. …
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Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
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initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. …
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