Publication: Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chong, Alberto | |
| dc.contributor.author | Karlan, Dean | |
| dc.contributor.author | Valdivia, MartĂn | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-09T21:50:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-09T21:50:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/36715 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1564-698X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36715 | |
| dc.publisher | Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | World Bank Economic Review | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo | |
| 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 | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type | Article de journal | fr |
| dc.type | ArtĂculo de revista | es |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| okr.date.disclosure | 2021-12-01 | |
| okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-05-06T11:20:55.719844Z | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Journal Article | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1093/wber/lhy031 | |
| okr.journal.nbpages | 371-92 | |
| okr.language.supported | en | |
| okr.peerreview | Academic Peer Review | |
| okr.region.administrative | Latin America & Caribbean | |
| okr.region.country | Colombia | |
| okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population::Family Planning Research | |
| okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population::Reproductive Health | |
| okr.topic | Information and Communication Technologies::Information Technology | |
| okr.volume | 34(2) | |
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