Scaling the digital divide: Home computer technology and student achievement

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1103-1119

  Vigdor, Jacob L ^a   Ladd, Helen F ^a   Martinez, Erika ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84899966934     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12089     Document Type: Article

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