Do information technologies improve teenagers' sexual education? : evidence from a randomized evaluation in Colombia
Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, Martín Valdivia
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55 percent increase in the likelihood of redeeming vouchers for condoms as a result of taking the course. The data provide no evidence of spillovers to control classrooms within treatment schools, and it finds that treatment effects are enhanced when a larger share of a student's friends also takes the course. The low cost of the online course along with the effectiveness the study documents suggests this technology is a viable alternative for improving sexual education in middle-income countries
Year of publication: |
April 2019
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Authors: | Chong, Alberto ; González-Navarro, Marco ; Karlan, Dean ; Valdivia, J. Martín |
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Washington, DC, USA : World Bank Group, Development Economics Vice Presidency, Strategy and Operations Team |
Subject: | information technologies | Internet | sex education | teenagers | field experiment | Informationstechnik | Information technology | Jugendliche | Youth | Kolumbien | Colombia | Sexualität | Sexuality | Experiment | Geschlecht | Gender | Bildungsverhalten | Educational behaviour | Feldforschung | Field research |
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Online Resource
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 29 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | Policy research working paper : WPS. - Washington, DC : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2304170-5. - Vol. 8821 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.1596/1813-9450-8821 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022264