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- Title
New Technology in Schools: Is There a Payoff?
- Authors
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Silva, Olmo
- Abstract
Despite its high relevance to current policy debates, estimating the causal effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) investment on educational standards remains fraught with difficulties. We exploit a change in the rules governing ICT funding across different school districts of England to devise an Instrumental Variable strategy to identify the causal impact of ICT expenditure on pupil outcomes. The approach identifies the effect of being a ‘winner’ or a ‘loser’ in the new system of ICT funding allocation to schools. Our findings suggest a positive impact on primary school performance in English and Science, though not for Mathematics.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; COMMUNICATION &; technology; STATISTICAL correlation; EDUCATIONAL technology; INSTRUMENTAL variables (Statistics); RESOURCE allocation
- Publication
Economic Journal, 2007, Vol 117, Issue 522, p1145
- ISSN
0013-0133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02070.x