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SUBMITTER: Malamud O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3377478 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The quarterly journal of economics 20110501 2
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of home computers on child and adolescent outcomes by exploiting a voucher program in Romania. Our main results indicate that home computers have both positive and negative effects on the development of human capital. Children who won a voucher to purchase a computer had significantly lower school grades but show improved computer skills. There is also some evidence that winning a voucher increased cognitive skills, as meas ...[more]