The effects of home access to technology on computer skills: Evidence from a field experiment

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 243-253

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer skills; Computers; Digital divide

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COLLEGE; COMPUTER SKILL; CONTROL GROUPS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ESTIMATION STRATEGIES; FEMALE STUDENTS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HOME USE; LABOR MARKETS; SELECTION BIAS; TREATMENT GROUP;

COMPUTERS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION;

STUDENTS;

COMPUTER; DATA ACQUISITION; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84870389161     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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