Two-year colleges are an important part of the higher education system in the United States but there are concerns as …

computers are enrolled in school. Controlling for family income, parental education, parental occupation and other observable … assignments. Do these home computers, however, improve educational outcomes? Using the Computer and Internet Use Supplement to the … 2001 Current Population Survey, I explore whether access to home computers increases the likelihood of school enrollment …

Are home computers are an important input in the educational production function? To address this question, we conduct … a field experiment involving the provision of free computers to schoolchildren for home use. Low-income children … attending middle and high schools in 15 schools in California were randomly selected to receive free computers and followed over …

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 … evidence showing no change in homework time or other "intermediate" inputs in education. …

the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …