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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 … whether this impedes educational achievement by conducting the largest-ever field experiment that randomly provides free home … computers to students. Although computer ownership and use increased substantially, we find no effects on any educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212633
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Experimental evidence on the effects of home computers on academic achievement among schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - 2013
"intermediate" inputs in education for treatment students. -- computers ; education ; experiment …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707556
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Experimental evidence on the effects of home computers on academic achievement among schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - 2013
"intermediate" inputs in education for treatment students. -- computers ; education ; experiment …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715023
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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
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/10013086036
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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement Among Schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
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/10013086214
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Educational inequality and the returns to skills
Lundberg, Shelly - 2013
Research and policy discussion about the diverging fortunes of children from advantaged and disadvantaged households have focused on the skill disparities between these children – how they might arise and how they might be remediated. Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010125884
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Differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests : evidence from the GRE test
Schlosser, Analia; Neeman, Zvika; Attali, Yigal - 2019
We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in "high" and "low" stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996241
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The gender gap in mathematics achievement : evidence from Italian data
Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Mendolia, Silvia; Contini, Dalit - 2016
Gender differences in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines are widespread in most OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502754
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Long-term orientation and educational performance
Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; Özek, Umut; … - 2016
We use remarkable population-level administrative education and birth records from Florida to study the role of Long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526689
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Parental background matters : intergenerational mobility and assimilation of Italian immigrants in Germany
Bönke, Timm; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2015
We investigate the hypothesis of failed integration and low social mobility of immigrants. An intergenerational assimilation model is tested empirically on household survey data and validated against administrative data provided us by the Italian Embassy in Germany. Although we confirm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530608