Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the "information" and … "communication" components together. We show theoretically and empirically that these have very different effects on the empowerment …' lower level agents. Conversely, technologies reducing communication costs substitute agent's knowledge for directions from …

that the positive effect of middle skills on offshoring is weaker, the more advanced are communication technologies in the …

Although schools across the country are investing heavily in computers in the classroom, there is surprisingly little …-defined use of computers in schools: a popular instructional computer program, known as Fast ForWord, which is designed to improve …

Computers are an important part of modern education, yet many schoolchildren lack access to a computer at home. We test … computers to students. Although computer ownership and use increased substantially, we find no effects on any educational …

This paper provides the first evidence on the earnings, employment and college enrollment effects of computers and … acquired skills from a randomized controlled trial providing computers to entering college students. We matched confidential … random provision of computers. The experiment does not provide evidence that computer skills have short- or medium …

Toys. The impact of computers on productivity has been examined directly on macro data and indirectly (on wages) using …