TY - JOUR TI - Do children benefit from internet access? Experimental evidence from Peru AU - Malamud, Ofer AU - Cueto, Santiago AU - Cristia, Julian AU - Beuermann, Diether W. T2 - Journal of Development Economics AB - This paper provides experimental evidence for the impact of home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes in Peru. We compare children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access to (i) those who did not receive laptops and (ii) those who only received laptops without internet. We find that providing free internet access led to improved computer and internet proficiency relative to those without laptops and improved internet proficiency compared to those with laptops only. However, there were no significant effects of internet access on math and reading achievement, cognitive skills, self-esteem, teacher perceptions, or school grades when compared to either group. We explore reasons for the absence of impacts on these key outcomes with survey questions, time-diaries, and computer logs. DA - 2019/05/01/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.11.005 DP - ScienceDirect VL - 138 SP - 41 EP - 56 J2 - Journal of Development Economics LA - en SN - 0304-3878 ST - Do children benefit from internet access? UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387818301251 Y2 - 2022/09/10/12:57:10 KW - Academic achievement KW - Cognitive skills KW - Digital skills KW - Education KW - Experimental KW - Internet access KW - Technology ER - TY - RPRT TI - Technology and child development: Evidence from the One Laptop Per Child Program [IZA Discussion Paper No. 6401] AU - Cristia, Julian AU - Ibarraran, Pablo AU - Cueto, Santiago AU - Santiago, Ana AU - Severin, Eugenio AB - Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of implementation in 319 primary schools in rural Peru. The results indicate that the program increased the ratio of computers per student from 0.12 to 1.18 in treatment schools. This expansion in access translated into substantial increases in use both at school and at home. No evidence is found of effects on enrollment and test scores in Math and Language. Some positive effects are found, however, in general cognitive skills as measured by Raven's Progressive Matrices, a verbal fluency test and a Coding test. CY - Rochester, NY DA - 2012/03/17/ PY - 2012 DP - papers.ssrn.com LA - en M3 - SSRN Scholarly Paper PB - Social Science Research Network SN - ID 2025317 ST - Technology and Child Development UR - https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2025317 Y2 - 2019/11/06/14:01:30 KW - _Source:Intuitive KW - education KW - experiments KW - technology ER - TY - JOUR TI - Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop Per Child Program [IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-304] AU - Cristia, Julián P AU - Ibarrarán, Pablo AU - Cueto, Santiago AU - Santiago, Ana AU - Severín, Eugenio DA - 2012/04/01/ PY - 2012 DO - 10.2139/ssrn.2032444 DP - Zotero SP - 42 LA - en KW - _THEME: Curriculum and resources ER - TY - JOUR TI - One Laptop per Child at home: Short-term impacts from a randomized experiment in Peru AU - Beuermann, Diether W. AU - Cristia, Julian AU - Cueto, Santiago AU - Malamud, Ofer AU - Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu T2 - American Economic Journal. Applied Economics AB - This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial whereby approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use outside the home. Children randomized to receive laptops scored about 0.8 standard deviations higher in a test of XO proficiency but showed lower academic effort as reported by teachers. There were no impacts on academic achievement or cognitive skills as measured by the Raven's Progressive Matrices test. Finally, there was little evidence for spillovers within schools. (JEL I21, I28, J13, O15) DA - 2015/// PY - 2015 DO - 10.1257/app.20130267 DP - ProQuest VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 53 EP - 80 LA - English SN - 19457782 ST - One Laptop per Child at Home UR - http://search.proquest.com/docview/1666803887/abstract/C105196B854C43EFPQ/1 Y2 - 2020/05/21/11:11:06 KW - ACCESS TO LAPTOPS KW - Academic achievement KW - Achievement tests KW - Business And Economics KW - EXCLUSION CRITERIA APPLIED KW - Elementary school students KW - Portable computers KW - Quality: H KW - Relevance: M KW - Statistical analysis KW - ___working_potential_duplicate KW - publishPDF ER -