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January 24, 2023

Richard Cole Campbell on high-speed internet and student achievement

How much does the introduction of broadband improve student test scores?

Richard Cole Campbell is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He sat down for an interview at the 2023 AEA poster session to talk about how the introduction of high-speed internet can improve standardized test scores in math and reading.

Need for Speed: Broadband and Student Achievement

This paper studies the broad effects of the introduction of fiber broadband, through the lens of student achievement. I link granular data on new fiber construction and advertised download speeds with administrative test score data and local labor market data. Exploiting variation in . . .

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The AEA interviewed select poster presenters at the 2023 conference in New Orleans to discuss their research and the broader implications of their work. View the full list of videos.