SCALING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: HOME COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
Does differential access to computer technology at home compound the educational disparities between rich and poor? Would a program of government provision of computers to early secondary school students reduce these disparities? We use administrative data on North Carolina public school students to...
| Published in: | Economic Inquiry Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 1103 - 1120 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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