TY - JOUR
T1 - One laptop per child at home
T2 - Short-term impacts from a randomized experiment in Peru
AU - Beuermann, Diether W.
AU - Cristia, Julian
AU - Cueto, Santiago
AU - Malamud, Ofer
AU - Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1257/app.20130267
DO - 10.1257/app.20130267
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928314587
SN - 1945-7782
VL - 7
SP - 53
EP - 80
JO - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
JF - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IS - 2
ER -