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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2013
Computers are an important part of modern education, yet many schoolchildren lack access to a computer at home. We test … evidence showing no change in homework time or other "intermediate" inputs in education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843013
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Access to Techonology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843018
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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. - CESifo - 2014
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/10010888455
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Experimental evidence on the effects of home computers on academic achievement among schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - 2013
Computers are an important part of modern education, yet many schoolchildren lack access to a computer at home. We test … evidence showing no change in homework time or other intermediate inputs in education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369489
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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/10010369496
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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. - 2014
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/10010398516
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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. - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 16 (2016) 1, pp. 59-96
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430158
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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/10011476554
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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/10011309995
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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/10011317637