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dc.contributor.advisorBütikofer, Aline
dc.contributor.authorGuldvik, Maria Køber
dc.contributor.authorKvinnsland, Ingvild
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-20T11:10:36Z
dc.date.available2019-02-20T11:10:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2586497
dc.description.abstractSmartphones have become a crucial part of the everyday life of Norwegian children, at school as well as in their spare time. What effect this presence has, is widely debated. As a reaction to this debate, Norwegian schools have implemented a broad variety of mobile phone policies. In this thesis, we are interested in how banning mobile phones on school grounds affects exam results, well-being, and bullying. To answer this, we link survey data from Norwegian lower secondary schools with their respective results on final written exams and the Pupil Survey. We use a generalized differences-in-differences framework and an event study specification to exploit the rollout of mobile phone bans. This enables us to identify a causal effect of a mobile phone ban on student outcomes. The findings of this thesis indicate no significant effect of implementation of a mobile phone ban on academic results or well-being. When dividing the sample into public and private schools, we do, however, find that private schools experience a somewhat positive effect of a mobile phone ban on academic performance. Our estimates suggest that a ban causes reduced bullying. This effect is particularly strong for male students and in private schools. This thesis has implications for schools considering implementing a mobile phone ban. If the motivation is increasing test results or well-being, other measures could be examined first. A mobile phone ban could, however, be considered if a school seeks to reduce bullying.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.titleSmarter without smartphones? : effects of mobile phone bans in schools on academic performance, well-being, and bullyingnb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.description.localcodenhhmasnb_NO


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