Home Computers and Child Outcomes

Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru

Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru. Diether W. Beuermann, Julian P. Cristia, Yyannu Cruz-Aguayo ...

Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru | NBER

Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru. Diether W. Beuermann, Julian P. Cristia, Yyannu Cruz ...

Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a

Downloadable! This paper presents results from a randomized control trial in which approximately 1000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children ...

Impact of Home Computers on the Academic Achievement of Low ...

The results suggest that computer ownership alone is unlikely to have much of an impact on short-term schooling outcomes for low-income children in developed ...

Computer use and child outcomes | Institute for Population Research

Although children are increasingly using computers at home and at school, there is little systematic research on how these activities affect their development.

The Effect of Computer Use on Child Outcomes - Columbia University

In sum, providing home computers for low-income children in. Romania did not appear to improve educational and behavioral outcomes. This may not be surprising ...

HOME COMPUTERS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

Although computers are universal in the classroom, nearly 20 million children in the. United States do not have computers in their homes.

Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on ...

We find no effects on any educational outcomes, including grades, test scores, credits earned, attendance, and disciplinary actions.

Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru

Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru ... computer use outside the home. Beneficiaries ...

Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru - jstor

... HOME COMPUTERS AND CHILD OUTCOMES IN PERU 67. IV. Further Results. A. Spillovers across Friendship Networks. Inherent in the nature of within-school ...

HOME COMPUTER USE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ...

This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of home computers on child and adolescent outcomes by exploiting a voucher program ...

One Laptop per Child at Home: Short-Term Impacts from a ...

Abstract. This paper presents results ... The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use outside the ...

The Effect of Home Computers and the Internet on Children's ...

There are many potential mechanisms through which home computers and internet access can affect children's outcomes. First and foremost, exposure to computers ...

Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru

Request PDF | Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru | This paper presents results from a randomized ...

The Effect of Home Computers and the Internet on Children's ...

The remainder of this article summarizes some of the evidence on the causal impact of computer and internet access on children's outcomes, drawing espe- cially ...

Do children benefit from internet access? Experimental evidence ...

... home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes ... Fairlie et al. Experimental evidence on the effects of home computers on academic achievement among ...

The effect of home computer use on children's outcomes - CEPR

This may have contributed to the decline in academic achievement. In other words, time spent on a computer may have displaced valuable ...

Home Computer Use and the Development of Human Capital

This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of home computers on child and adolescent outcomes. We collected survey data from ...

The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes

The federal government has made the provision of computer and Internet access to school children a top priority. Roughly $2 billion is spent per year on the E- ...

Do Children Benefit from Internet Access? Experimental Evidence ...

child outcomes in Peru. The ... 5 Papers that examine the causal impact of home computers without internet access on children's outcomes in.