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Dynamic Impacts of School-Based Internet Access on Student Learning: Evidence from Peruvian Public Primary Schools

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  • Leah K. Lakdawala
  • Eduardo Nakasone
  • Kevin Kho

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We investigate the impacts of school-based internet access on second graders' test scores, using over 2 million student observations from a panel of Peruvian public primary schools. We identify effects up to 6+ years after installation on different cohorts of second-grade students, exploiting variation in the timing of internet access induced by the rollout of a national program. We find positive but modest short-run impacts, but importantly, these effects grow for subsequent cohorts. Indeed, short-run estimates alone would have led to different conclusions. These dynamics underscore the value of extended evaluation windows to allow benefits of educational technology to materialize.

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  • Leah K. Lakdawala & Eduardo Nakasone & Kevin Kho, 2023. "Dynamic Impacts of School-Based Internet Access on Student Learning: Evidence from Peruvian Public Primary Schools," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 15(4), pages 222-254, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:15:y:2023:i:4:p:222-54
    DOI: 10.1257/pol.20200719
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    1. Rosa Sanchis-Guarner & José Montalbán & Felix Weinhardt, 2021. "Home Broadband and Human Capital Formation," Working Papers 923, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
    2. Araya, Roberto & Arias Ortiz, Elena & Bottan, Nicolas & Cristia, Julian, 2025. "Integrating learning platforms within regular school time: experimental evidence from Chilean primary schools," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).
    3. Cueto, Santiago & Beuermann, Diether & Cristia, Julian P. & Malamud, Ofer & Pardo, Francisco, 2024. "Laptops in the Long-Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 13786, Inter-American Development Bank.

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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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