There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational … first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … attending a large community college in Northern California were randomly selected to receive free computers and were followed …

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 …

Agronomists rely increasingly on computers, and more than half of all producers have access to computers. Increasing …, little is known about how satisfied producers are with computers and the extent to which computers are actually used. We … significantly increased user satisfaction and number of software applications used. Greater education also increased user …

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 … intermediate inputs in education for treatment students. …

There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational … first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … attending a large community college in Northern California were randomly selected to receive free computers and were followed …

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. …

first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … home computers and enrollment in transferable courses and actual transfers to 4-year colleges. The results from the field … experiment indicate that the treatment group of students receiving free computers has a 4.5 percentage point higher probability …

first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … home computers and enrollment in transferable courses and actual transfers to 4-year colleges. The results from the field … experiment indicate that the treatment group of students receiving free computers has a 4.5 percentage point higher probability …

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 …