Title
One laptop per child at home: Short-term impacts from a randomized experiment in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Beuermann D.W.
Cristia J.
Malamud O.
Cruz Aguayo Yyannu
Group for the Analysis of Development
Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher(s)
American Economic Association
Abstract
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.
Start page
53
End page
80
Volume
7
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la educación Otras ingenierías, Otras tecnologías
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84928314587
Source
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Resource of which it is part
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
ISSN of the container
19457782
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