Can One-to-One Computing Narrow the Digital Divide and the Educational Gap in China? The Case of Beijing Migrant Schools

World Development

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-29

  Mo, Di ^a   Swinnen, Johan ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^b   Yi, Hongmei ^b   Qu, Qinghe ^b   Boswell, Matthew ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IGSNRR   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Beijing migrant school; China; Computer skills; Math test scores; One Laptop Per Child; RCT

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SOFTWARE; STUDENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84876455039     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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