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Martin Nordin
Utredare
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High-Speed Broadband and Academic Achievement in Teenagers: Evidence from Sweden
Författare
Summary, in English
This study examines the effects of super-fast internet connections on the academic achievement of students in upper secondary school. We link detailed register data on around 250,000 students to local levels of access to optic fiber broadband, in order to estimate a causal effect of broadband on student GPA. We show that reaching full coverage in the student’s parish of residence causes a GPA reduction ranging from 3 to 6 percent of a standard deviation. Estimates are consistently more negative for boys and students with low ability and/or low-educated parents. Using PISA survey data, we provide evidence that students living in areas with the greatest high-speed broadband expansion also spend more time online during weekdays, suggesting student time use as a potential mechanism.
Avdelning/ar
- Nationalekonomiska institutionen
- Centrum för ekonomisk demografi
- AgriFood Economics Centre, Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet
Publiceringsår
2017
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Working Papers
Issue
2017:17
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Working paper
Förlag
Department of Economics, Lund University
Ämne
- Economics
Nyckelord
- Education
- Broadband
- Internet
- High-school
- GPA
- H52
- I24
- I28
- J24
- O33
Aktiv
Published