TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of internet services on child education outcomes
T2 - evidence from poa! Internet in Kenya
AU - Okyere, Charles Yaw
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In 2016-2018 poa! Internet, a private internet service provider, distributed free internet services across schools in Nairobi, Kenya. Using inverse probability weighting (IPW) method, the study finds that the intervention significantly increases students’ internet use and training, receipt of information on educational content, and participation in information and communication technologies (ICTs) education programmes. However, the study does not find evidence that internet services increase school attendance. The results suggest that facilitating access to internet services in schools can significantly increase child computer and internet skills and training in developing countries, even if those investments have limited gains on school attendance.
AB - In 2016-2018 poa! Internet, a private internet service provider, distributed free internet services across schools in Nairobi, Kenya. Using inverse probability weighting (IPW) method, the study finds that the intervention significantly increases students’ internet use and training, receipt of information on educational content, and participation in information and communication technologies (ICTs) education programmes. However, the study does not find evidence that internet services increase school attendance. The results suggest that facilitating access to internet services in schools can significantly increase child computer and internet skills and training in developing countries, even if those investments have limited gains on school attendance.
KW - Internet services
KW - Kenya
KW - education
KW - gender
KW - quasi-experimental design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092141655&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19439342.2020.1829001
DO - 10.1080/19439342.2020.1829001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092141655
SN - 1943-9342
VL - 14
SP - 4
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Development Effectiveness
JF - Journal of Development Effectiveness
IS - 1
ER -