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New technology in schools: is there a payoff?


Economists have typically been sceptical that computers improve educational outcomes. But research by Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Olmo Silva finds evidence that new technology can have a positive effect on pupils' performance.


Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Olmo Silva

June 2006     Paper Number CEPCP199

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