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Detailed Information

Country	Country: China
GDP per capita	5.998
Context details	Children from poor migrant families attending migrant schools in Beijing
Age	Grade 3

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2011
Implementer	Researchers
Duration (months)	4
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	The program provided students with personal laptops with remedial tutoring software in math and language for home use; 13 schools participated

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Language	Based on official examinations	5	250	Coeff: 1.00; SE: 12.00; SD: 100.00
Complete sample	Math	Based on official examinations	4	250	Coeff: 17.00; SE: 10.00; SD: 100.00

Study	Mo, Di, Johan Swinnen, Linxiu Zhang, Hongmei Yi, Qinghe Qu, Matthew Boswell, and Scott Rozelle. "Can One Laptop per Child Reduce the Digital Divide and Educational Gap? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Migrant Schools in Beijing." Rural Education Action Project, Stanford Working Paper 233 (2012).