Replication data for: One Laptop per Child at Home: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru

This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial whereby approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use outside the home. Children randomized to receive laptops scored about 0.8 standard deviations higher in a test of XO proficiency but showed lower academic effort as reported by teachers. There were no impacts on academic achievement or cognitive skills as measured by the Raven's Progressive Matrices test. Finally, there was little evidence for spillovers within schools. (JEL I21, I28, J13, O15)

本论文报告了一项随机对照试验的研究结果：该试验向秘鲁利马就读小学的儿童提供约1000台OLPC XO笔记本电脑（OLPC XO laptops）供其家庭使用。此次干预提升了家庭电脑的获取与使用频次，同时一定程度上替代了儿童在家庭以外场景的电脑使用行为。被随机分配获得笔记本电脑的儿童，在XO电脑熟练度测试中的得分约高出对照组0.8个标准差，但据教师报告，其学习投入度有所降低。在学业成绩及以瑞文标准推理测验（Raven's Progressive Matrices）为测评工具的认知能力评估中，未发现显著干预影响。最后，未发现校内存在显著的溢出效应。（JEL I21, I28, J13, O15）