Every Little Bit Counts: The Impact of High-speed Internet on the Transition to College

Lisa Dettling, Sarena Goodman and Jonathan Smith
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No 2015-108, Finance and Economics Discussion Series from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of high-speed Internet on students' college application decisions. We link the diffusion of zip code-level residential broadband Internet to millions of PSAT and SAT takers' college testing and application outcomes and find that students with access to high-speed Internet in their junior year of high school perform better on the SAT and apply to a higher number and more expansive set of colleges. Effects appear to be concentrated among higher-SES students, indicating that while, on average, high-speed Internet improved students' postsecondary outcomes, it may have increased pre-existing inequities by primarily benefiting those with more resources.

Keywords: Broadband; College Choice; Undermatch (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2015-12-01
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