The effect of home computer use on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-72

  Fiorini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human capital; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; OECD;

EID: 73649101347     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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