Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
| dc.creator | Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco | |
| dc.creator | Chong, Alberto | |
| dc.creator | Karlan, Dean | |
| dc.creator | Valdivia, Martín | |
| dc.date | 2021-12-09T21:50:07Z | |
| dc.date | 2021-12-09T21:50:07Z | |
| dc.date | 2020-06 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-01T00:40:54Z | |
| dc.description | This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55 percent increase in the likelihood of redeeming vouchers for condoms as a result of taking the course. The data provide no evidence of spillovers to control classrooms within treatment schools. However, the analysis provides compelling evidence that treatment effects are enhanced when a larger share of a student's friends also takes the course. The low cost of the online course along with the effectiveness the study documents suggests this technology is a viable alternative for improving sexual education in middle-income countries. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.identifier | 1564-698X | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36715 | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1596/36715 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409022 | |
| dc.publisher | Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank | |
| dc.relation | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Bank | |
| dc.subject | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | |
| dc.subject | INTERNET ACCESS | |
| dc.subject | SEX EDUCATION | |
| dc.subject | TEENAGE PREGNANCY | |
| dc.title | Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dc.type | Article de journal | |
| dc.type | Artículo de revista |