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The educational impact of broadband subsidies for schools under E-rate

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  • Thomas W. Hazlett
  • Ben Schwall
  • Scott Wallsten

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In 1998, the U.S. began spending about $2 billion annually to help fund computer access in elementary and secondary schools. In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission, citing the experience of a school district in North Carolina, increased these annual ‘E-Rate’ subsidies to $4 billion. Do such expenditures actually improve academic achievement? We estimate a model wherein SAT scores, a proxy for student performance, are a function of explanatory factors including federal broadband funding. Examining data from all North Carolina public high schools, 2000–2013, we find no gain in student test results associated with Internet subsidy levels.

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  • Thomas W. Hazlett & Ben Schwall & Scott Wallsten, 2019. "The educational impact of broadband subsidies for schools under E-rate," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(5), pages 483-497, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:28:y:2019:i:5:p:483-497
    DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2018.1527554
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    1. Rabbani, Maysam, 2024. "Dollars and megabits: A comparative analysis of Telecom and Healthcare Connect Fund," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

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