In recent years, there has been widespread excitement around the potential for technology
to transform learning. As investments in education technology continue to grow, students …

I gathered 77 randomized experiments (with 111 treatment arms) that evaluated the effects
of school-based interventions on learning in developing-country primary schools. On …

This paper synthesizes what economists have learned about human capital since Becker
(1962) into four stylized facts. First, human capital explains at least one-third of the variation …

Times change. Early in the 21st century, calls to bridge the digital divide were dismissed by
people who saw internet access as a luxury. Two decades later, it is tough to find a policy …

The impact of ICT on educational achievements is a controversial issue which has attracted
increasing attention from both policy makers and researchers. Policy makers have shown …

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve
the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's …

We study the impact of a personalized technology-aided after-school instruction program in
middle-school grades in urban India using a lottery that provided winners with free access to …

A fascinating examination of technological utopianism and its complicated consequences. In
The Charisma Machine, Morgan Ames chronicles the life and legacy of the One Laptop per …

A digital anthropologist examines the online lives of millions of people in China, India, Brazil,
and across the Middle East—home to most of the world's internet users—and discovers that …

A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families, and
policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the …