Race;
Technology;
Achievement gap;
Experiment;
HOME COMPUTERS;
D O I:
10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.04.003
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F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
Although a large literature explores the achievement gap between minority and non-minority students, very little is known about whether disparities in access to technology are partly responsible. Data from the first-ever field experiment involving the random provision of free computers to low-income community college students for home use are used to explore whether home computers are beneficial to minority students. I find that minority students receiving free computers achieved better educational outcomes than the control group that did not receive free computers. Minority students may have benefitted more from receiving free computers because of fewer alternatives for accessing home computers due to lower rates of computer ownership among family, friends, and relatives. Implications for the achievement gap and policy are discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Gobierno, Santiago 7820436, Chile
Ctr Sustainable Urban Dev CEDEUS, Santiago 7520246, Chile
Millennium Nucleus Intergenerat Mobil Modelling P, Santiago 7520246, ChilePontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Gobierno, Santiago 7820436, Chile
Asahi, Kenzo
Pinto, Ignacia
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Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Gobierno, Santiago 7820436, Chile
Millennium Nucleus Intergenerat Mobil Modelling P, Santiago 7520246, ChilePontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Gobierno, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Virginia Inst Psychiat & Behav Genet, Richmond, VA USA
Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Psychiat, Richmond, VA USAVirginia Commonwealth Univ, Virginia Inst Psychiat & Behav Genet, Richmond, VA USA
Kendler, Kenneth S.
Ohlsson, Henrik
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Lund Univ, Ctr Primary Hlth Care Res, Malmo, SwedenVirginia Commonwealth Univ, Virginia Inst Psychiat & Behav Genet, Richmond, VA USA
Ohlsson, Henrik
Fagan, Abigail A.
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Univ Florida, Dept Sociol Criminol & Law, Gainesville, FL USAVirginia Commonwealth Univ, Virginia Inst Psychiat & Behav Genet, Richmond, VA USA
Fagan, Abigail A.
Lichtenstein, Paul
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Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, SwedenVirginia Commonwealth Univ, Virginia Inst Psychiat & Behav Genet, Richmond, VA USA
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Univ New Hampshire, Dept Econ, Hlth Econ, Durham, NH 03824 USA
San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
IZA, Bonn, GermanyUniv New Hampshire, Dept Econ, Hlth Econ, Durham, NH 03824 USA
Sabia, Joseph J.
Wang, Kurt
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San Diego State Univ, Dept Econ, San Diego, CA 92182 USAUniv New Hampshire, Dept Econ, Hlth Econ, Durham, NH 03824 USA
Wang, Kurt
Cesur, Resul
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Univ Connecticut, Dept Finance, Storrs, CT USAUniv New Hampshire, Dept Econ, Hlth Econ, Durham, NH 03824 USA