Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260226 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2017:17
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
This study examines the effects of super-fast internet connections on the academic achievement of students in upper secondary school. We link detailed register data on around 250,000 students to local levels of access to optic fiber broadband and estimate the effect of broadband on student GPA. We show that reaching full coverage in the student's parish of residence causes a GPA reduction ranging from 3 to 6 percent of a standard deviation. Estimates are consistently more negative for boys and students with low ability and/or low-educated parents. Using PISA survey data, we provide evidence that students living in areas with faster broadband expansion also saw a greater increase in the number of hours spent online during weekdays, suggesting student time use as a mechanism.
Subjects: 
Education
Broadband
Internet
High-school
GPA
JEL: 
H52
I24
I28
J24
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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