Ill Communication: Technology, distraction & student performance

Labour Economics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-76

  Beland, Louis Philippe ^a   Murphy, Richard ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile phones; Productivity; Student performance; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975785831     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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