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Learning during the Pandemic: Evidence from Uzbekistan
Iqbal, Syedah Aroob; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2023
School closures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic led to concerns about student learning. This paper evaluates the effect of school closures on student learning in Uzbekistan, using a unique dataset that allows assessing change in learning over time. The findings show that test scores in math for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014291008
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Learning during the Pandemic: Evidence from Uzbekistan
Iqbal, Syedah Aroob; Patrinos, Harry A. - 2023
School closures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic led to concerns about student learning. This paper evaluates the effect of school closures on student learning in Uzbekistan, using a unique dataset that allows assessing change in learning over time. The findings show that test scores in math for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377135
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Bridging the digital divide in the G20: Skills for the new age
Chetty, Krish; Aneja, Urvashi; Mishra, Vidisha; Gcora, … - 2017
into national education programmes, and (3) contextualize skilling programs within prevailing socio-cultural norms that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725205
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Bridging the digital divide: Measuring digital literacy
Chetty, Krish; Qigui, Liu; Gcora, Nozibele; Josie, Jaya; … - 2017
To promote digital transformation, equal emphasis needs to be placed on digital skills development as to infrastructure development. Integral to investment in digital skills development is the subsequent management and evaluation of digital training programmes. This paper assesses mechanisms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725206
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Avoiding digital divide in European Union through European green deal
Brătucu, Gabriel; Nichifor, Eliza; Sumedrea, Silvia; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 24 (2022) 59, pp. 77-93
access to information technology and the population that for some reason does not. The phenomenon of digital divide has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990344
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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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Health disparities across education : the role of differential reporting error
Cawley, John H.; Choi, Anna - 2015
. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error … across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the pooled National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES … stigmatized ones like smoking and obesity. Differential reporting error across education leads to underestimates of the true …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288528