Empirical Analysis of ICT Investment in Schools and Educational Outcomes: A Validation Using Local and Household Data

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K17639
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy; Public finance/Public economy
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: Sano Shinpei 千葉大学, 大学院社会科学研究院, 准教授 (80452481)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 教育の生産関数 / ICT / 自然実験

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to assess the desired level of ICT investment in schools, it is necessary to rigorously measure the impact of ICT investment in schools on educational outcomes.
In this study, we considered the discontinuity in school ICT investment between granting and non-granting municipalities as a natural experiment, and analyzed the impact of ICT investment in schools on children's outcomes. The results show that children living in municipalities where the policy reduces the number of children per PC have higher math scores and that the effect varies by gender.

Free Research Field

教育経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本において学校へのICT投資と教育成果に関して制度を利用した自然実験アプローチにより因果関係の識別を試みている点で特徴的である。厳密な手法を用いることで国際比較可能な日本のエビデンスを提供する意義がある。政策効果は属性により結果が異なることが予測され、家計背景に違いによる影響詳細に検討することにより、どのような家計に介入すべきかの教育政策への示唆を与える意義がある。