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Knowledge Spillovers, ICT and Productivity Growth
Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cecilia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the marginal impact of ICT capital is higher when it is complemented with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790516
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Access to Technology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Access to information may represent an important barrier to learning about and ultimately transferring to 4-year colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in particular, plays in enhancing, or possibly detracting from,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884302
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653126
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IC Technology and Learning: An Impact Evaluation of Cl@ssi2.0
Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015
In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements … conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT … causal effect of ICT on student achievements, controlling for their initial level. Despite a significant financial investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531687
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Integrating Mobile Phone Technologies into Labor-Market Intermediation: A Multi-Treatment Experimental Design
Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C.; Galdo, Virgilio - 2015
This study investigates the causal impacts of integrating mobile phone technologies into traditional public labor-market intermediation services on employment outcomes. By providing faster, cheaper and up-to-date information on job vacancies via SMS, mobile phone technologies might affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531720
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Resources on the Stage: A Firm Level Analysis of the ICT Adoption in Turkey
Findik, Derya; Tansel, Aysit - 2015
This study examines the impact of firm resources on ICT adoption by the Turkish business enterprises using firm level … data. ICT adoption is measured at three levels: The first level is technology ownership. The second level is the presence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307478
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345364
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Technical change and total factor productivity growth for Chinese provinces: a panel data analysis
Shiu, Alice; Heshmati, Almas - 2006
compared with the western region. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and information and communication technology (ICT) investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267745
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Access to Technology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - 2013
Access to information may represent an important barrier to learning about and ultimately transferring to 4-year colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in particular, plays in enhancing, or possibly detracting from,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329190
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Integrating Mobile Phone Technologies into Labor-Market Intermediation: A Multi-Treatment Experimental Design
Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose C.; Galdo, Virgilio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This study investigates the causal impacts of integrating mobile phone technologies into traditional public labor-market intermediation services on employment outcomes. By providing faster, cheaper and up-to-date information on job vacancies via SMS, mobile phone technologies might affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269604