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dc.titleLaptops in the Long-Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
dc.contributor.authorCueto, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorBeuermann, Diether
dc.contributor.authorCristia, Julian P.
dc.contributor.authorMalamud, Ofer
dc.contributor.authorPardo, Francisco
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coveragePeru
dc.date.available2024-10-11T00:10:00
dc.date.issue2024-10-11T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program in 531 rural primary schools, as implemented by the Peruvian government starting in 2009. We use administrative and survey data on academic achievement and grade progression through 2019 to estimate the long-run effects of educational technology on i) academic performance and grade progression in schools over time and ii) student trajectories as they progress from primary school to university. We find negative and significant effects on completing primary and secondary education on time but no effects on achievement. We find positive and significant impacts on students' computer skills but no effects on broader cognitive skills. Information on teacher training and computer utilization suggests limited benefits of providing educational technology without sufficient pedagogical support.
dc.format.extent42
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013192
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Laptops-in-the-Long-Run-Evidence-from-the-One-Laptop-per-Child-Program-in-Rural-Peru.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectEducational Research
dc.subjectAcademic Performance
dc.subjectTechnology Access
dc.subjectEducational Attainment
dc.subjectEducational Technology
dc.subjectPrimary Education
dc.subjectTeacher
dc.subjectTeaching of Mathematics
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subject.jelcodeI21 - Analysis of Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.keywordsEducation;technology;Evaluation
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01614
idb.operationRG-K1416
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