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dc.contributor.authorAbrahamsson, Sara
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T09:05:46Z
dc.date.available2024-02-22T09:05:46Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3119200
dc.description.abstractHow smartphone usage affects well-being and learning among children and adolescents is a concern for schools, parents, and policymakers. Combining detailed administrative data with survey data on middle schools’ smartphone policies, together with an event-study design, I show that banning smartphones significantly decreases the health care take-up for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls. Post-ban bullying among both genders decreases. Additionally, girls’ GPA improves, and their likelihood of attending an academic high school track increases. These effects are larger for girls from low socio-economic backgrounds. Hence, banning smartphones from school could be a low-cost policy tool to improve student outcomes.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherInstitutt for samfunnsøkonomien_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDP SAM;01/2024
dc.subjectSmartphonesen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectgrade point averageen_US
dc.subjectbullyingen_US
dc.subjecttest scoresen_US
dc.titleSmartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Healthen_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US
dc.subject.nsiSamfunnsvitenskapen_US
dc.source.pagenumber68en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges Forskningsråd: 262700 og 275800en_US


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