ARE TELEVISION AND VIDEO GAMES REALLY HARMFUL FOR KIDS?
Are watching television (TV) and playing video games really harmful for children's development? By using a unique longitudinal dataset with detailed information on children's development and health, we examined the causal effect of hours of TV watched or of video games played on school-aged children...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 29 - 44 |
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