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The Australian universities: A study in public policy failure
Milne, Frank - 2001
Over the last decade and a half, the Australian Universities have been subjected to a series of reforms introduced by … effects on the Australian universities, the faculty, the education of university graduates and a detrimental, long term impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290357
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Do children benefit from internet access? Experimental evidence from a developing country
Malamud, Ofer; Cueto, Santiago; Cristia, Julian; … - 2018
This paper provides experimental evidence for the impact of home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes in Peru. Children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access are compared with i) those who did not receive laptops and ii) those who only received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141961
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A laptop for every child? : the impact of ICT on educational outcomes
Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin; Sibbmark, … - 2019
information and communication technology (ICT) should be extensively involved in the teaching of all subjects. We investigate how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136726
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One-to-one technology and student outcomes
Hull, Marie; Duch, Katherine - 2017
impact of a one-to-one technology program implemented on a large scale over a multiyear period. With administrative school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704290
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Do children benefit from internet access? : experimental evidence from a developing country
Malamud, Ofer; Cueto, Santiago; Cristia, Julian; … - 2018
This paper provides experimental evidence for the impact of home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes in Peru. Children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access are compared with i) those who did not receive laptops and ii) those who only received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926187
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The effects of shared school technology access on students digital skills in Peru
Bet, Germán; Cristia, Julian; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246126
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The effects of shared school technology access on students digital skills in Peru
Bet, German; Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246684
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The effect of one laptop per child on teachers' pedagogical practices and students' use of time at home
Yamada, Gustavo; Lavado, Pablo; Montenegro, Guadalupe - 2016
This document investigates the effect that the delivery of XO laptops in Peru has had on teachers' pedagogical practices and students' use of time in the home based on information from a randomized control trial. The results show that the delivery of XO laptops reduces the probability that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595201
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High School Types, Academic Performance and Early Labour Market Outcomes
Cappellari, Lorenzo - 2021
Using microdata on the 1995 cohort of Italian high school graduates, this paper studies the relationship between the type of high school attended (general versus technical; private versus public) and indicators of subsequent performance. Simultaneity issues that potentially bias this type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319447
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Teaching, technology and test scores : the impact of personal computers on student performance in primary school
Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin - 2023
technology in education. Many schools today provide personal computers not only to older students, but also in primary school …. We investigate how 1:1 computer technology impacts student performance in primary school in Sweden, using data from an … implementing 1:1 technology. Nevertheless, all positive impacts in subgroups appear to be rather small, amounting to 0.01-0.03 SD …
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