The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of December uses longitudinal data to investigate the relationship between smartphone use and academic performance in universities. It suggests that smartphone use has a causal negative effect on academic performance. The paper makes a significant contribution to current policy debates around the world, on whether smartphones should be banned from schools.
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GLO Discussion Paper of the Month: December
GLO Discussion Paper No. 438, 2019
Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: First Evidence from Longitudinal Data – Download PDF
by Amez, Simon & Vujić, Sunčica & De Marez, Lieven & Baert, Stijn
GLO Fellows Stijn Baert & Sunčica Vujić
Author Abstract: To study the causal impact of smartphone use on academic performance, we collected—for the first time worldwide—longitudinal data on students’ smartphone use and educational performance. For three consecutive years we surveyed all students attending classes in eleven different study programs at two Belgian universities on general smartphone use and other drivers of academic achievement. These survey data were merged with the exam scores of these students. We analyzed the resulting data by means of panel data random effects estimation controlling for unobserved individual characteristics. A one standard deviation increase in overall smartphone use results in a decrease of 0.349 points (out of 20) and a decrease of 2.616 percentage points in the fraction of exams passed.
GLO Discussion Papers of December 2019
438 Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: First Evidence from Longitudinal Data – Download PDF
by Amez, Simon & Vujić, Sunčica & De Marez, Lieven & Baert, Stijn
437 Does
loneliness lurk in temp work? Exploring the associations between
temporary employment, loneliness at work and job satisfaction – Download PDF
by Moens, Eline & Baert, Stijn & Verhofstadt, Elsy & Van Ootegem, Luc
436 Labour Market Outcomes for Cancer Survivors: A Review of the Reviews – Download PDF
by Sharipova, Adelina & Baert, Stijn
435 The effect of same-sex marriage legalization on interstate migration in the United States – Download PDF
by Marcén, Miriam & Morales, Marina
434 What Does a Job Candidate’s Age Signal to Employers? – Download PDF
by Van Borm, Hannah & Burn, Ian & Baert, Stijn
433 AI and Robotics Innovation: a Sectoral and Geographical Mapping using Patent Data – Download PDF
by Van Roy, Vincent & Vertesy, Daniel & Damioli, Giacomo
432 Can bribery buy health? Evidence from post-communist countries – Download PDF
by Mavisakalyan, Astghik & Otrachshenko, Vladimir & Popova, Olga
431 Networks, Start-up Capital and Women’s Entrepreneurial Performance in Africa: Evidence from Eswatini – Download PDF
by Brixiová, Zuzana & Kangoye, Thierry
430 An exploratory study of populism: the municipality-level predictors of electoral outcomes in Italy – Download PDF
by Levi, Eugenio & Patriarca, Fabrizio
429 Estimating Poverty for Refugee Populations: Can Cross-Survey Imputation Methods Substitute for Data Scarcity? – Download PDF
by Dang, Hai-Anh H. & Verme, Paolo
428 The Microeconomic Impacts of Employee Representatives: Evidence from Membership Thresholds – Download PDF
by Martins, Pedro S.
427 Trade in Information Technologies and Changes in the Demand for Occupations – Download PDF
by Jerbashian, Vahagn
426 The Mental Health Effects of Retirement – Download PDF
by Picchio, Matteo & van Ours, Jan C.
425 The Impact of Internship Experience During Secondary Education on Schooling and Labour Market Outcomes – Download PDF
by Neyt, Brecht & Verhaest, Dieter & Baert, Stijn
424 Training, Human Capital, and Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurial Performance – Download PDF
by Brixiová, Zuzana & Kangoye, Thierry
GLO DP Team
Senior
Editors: Matloob Piracha (University of Kent) & GLO; Klaus F.
Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and Bonn University).
Managing Editor: Magdalena Ulceluse, University of Groningen. DP@glabor.org
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