Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/261800 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1143
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
In this paper we investigate whether human capital accumulation, during adolescence, depends on home investments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) equipment. Using micro-level data, for children aged 17-18 years old, drawn from the Greek part of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EUSILC) for the period 2003-2019 we measure school dropout for individuals residing in households with and without access to home computer. We found that adolescents with access to ICT have better educational outcomes compared to their peers without access to such equipment (almost 5 percentage points lower probability of school dropout). These estimates are robust to different model specifications and data restrictions. Our results support the hypothesis that technology diffusion promotes educational outcomes and provides additional evidence regarding the formation of human capital during adolescence.
Subjects: 
Education
Technology Diffusion
Human Capital
JEL: 
I24
O33
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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