Roots of tomorrow's digital divide: Documenting computer use and internet access in China's elementary schools today

China and World Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 61-79

  Yang, Yihua ^a   Hu, Xiao ^b   Qu, Qinghe ^b   Lai, Fang ^c,d   Shi, Yaojiang ^e   Boswell, Matthew ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China ethnic minorities; Digital divide; Rural China; Urban China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878041448     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2013.12022.x     Document Type: Article

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