The effect of home computer use on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Fiorini, M

The effect of home computer use on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Fiorini, M

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Citation:: Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), pp. 55 - 72
Issue Date:: 2010-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fiorini, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-6940	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29 (1), pp. 55 - 72	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0272-7757	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13943
dc.description.abstract	In this paper we investigate the effect of using a home computer on children's development. In most OECD countries 70% or more of the households have a computer at home and children use computers quite extensively, even at very young ages. We use data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), which follows an Australian cohort born in 1999/2000. Skills and computer usage information is collected when children are approximately 5 and 7 years old. For cognitive skills, our results indicate that computer time has a positive effect. For non-cognitive skills the evidence is mixed, the effect depending on the score and the age of the children. We test the robustness of our results by comparing OLS, IV and Value Added estimators. Generally, the IV estimates are larger and the Value Added estimates lower than the OLS ones. However the pattern of the results is quite consistent. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Economics of Education Review	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.06.006	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Economics	en_US
dc.title	The effect of home computer use on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	29	en_US
utslib.for	140204 Economics of Education	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	29	en_US

Abstract:

In this paper we investigate the effect of using a home computer on children's development. In most OECD countries 70% or more of the households have a computer at home and children use computers quite extensively, even at very young ages. We use data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), which follows an Australian cohort born in 1999/2000. Skills and computer usage information is collected when children are approximately 5 and 7 years old. For cognitive skills, our results indicate that computer time has a positive effect. For non-cognitive skills the evidence is mixed, the effect depending on the score and the age of the children. We test the robustness of our results by comparing OLS, IV and Value Added estimators. Generally, the IV estimates are larger and the Value Added estimates lower than the OLS ones. However the pattern of the results is quite consistent. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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