Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cristia, Julian; Ibarraran, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; Santiago, Ana; Severin, Eugenio
• 署名单位: Inter-American Development Bank; Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20150385
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 295-320
• 关键词: computer; intelligence; achievement; instruction; schools

摘要

This paper presents results from a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop per Child program, using data collected after 15 months of implementation in 318 primary schools in rural Peru. The program increased the ratio of computers per student from 0.12 to 1.18 in treatment schools. This expansion in access translated into substantial increases in use of computers both at school and at home. No evidence is found of effects on test scores in math and language. There is some evidence, though inconclusive, about positive effects on general cognitive skills.