Is the 'Idiot's Box' raising idiocy? Early and middle childhood television watching and child cognitive outcome

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 873-883

  Munasib, Abdul ^a   Bhattacharya, Samrat ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FTAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Child cognitive outcome; Instrumental variables; Panel estimation; Television; Test score

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CORRELATION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEDIA ROLE; PANEL DATA; POPULISM; TELEVISION;

EID: 77955413688     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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