Is There an Impact of Household Computer Ownership on Children's Educational Attainment in Britain?

Autor/inn/en	Schmitt, John; Wadsworth, Jonathan
Titel	Is There an Impact of Household Computer Ownership on Children's Educational Attainment in Britain?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 25 (2006) 6, S.659-673 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.06.001
Schlagwörter	Computers; Ownership; Adolescents; Educational Attainment; Probability; Foreign Countries; Exit Examinations; Statistical Surveys; Family (Sociological Unit); Economic Status; Achievement Rating; Educational Research; United Kingdom; British Household Panel Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Digitalrechner; Eigentum; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Ausland; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Statistische Erhebung; Familie; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Großbritannien
Abstract	If personal computers (PCs) are used to facilitate learning, then a home computer might be considered a potential input in an educational production function. Using data on British youths from the British Household Panel Survey between 1991 and 2001, this paper explores the link between ownership of a home computer at ages 15 and 17 and subsequent educational attainment in the principal British school examinations taken at ages 16 (GCSEs) and 18 (A-levels). The data show a significant positive association between PC ownership and the number of GCSEs obtained and with the probability of passing five or more GCSEs. These results survive a set of robustness tests, including using other household durables and "future" PC ownership as proxies for household wealth and other unobservable household level effects. Home computer ownership is also associated with a significant increase in the probability of passing at least one A-level and with an increase in the probability of successfully completing three or more A-levels, conditional on having passed at least one A-level. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10