Table VII.
Effect of the Euro200 program on Cognitive and Computer Skills
| Children Survey | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dependent variable | Raven's Progressive Matrices Test |
Computer Test | Computer Fluency | Applications Fluency | Web Fluency | Email Fluency |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Nonparametric | 0.327** | 0.268** | 0.212* | 0.250** | 0.021 | −0.065 |
| Bandwidth - 30 | [0.134] | [0.114] | [0.118] | [0.118] | [0.116] | [0.118] |
| Observations | 1,084 | 1,027 | 1,082 | 1,082 | 1,082 | 1,082 |
| Nonparametric | 0.306** | 0.237* | 0.214* | 0.213** | 0.016 | −0.049 |
| CV Bandwidth | [0.125] | [0.121] | [0.124] | [0.104] | [0.126] | [0.120] |
| Observations | 1,247 | 887 | 1,006 | 1,320 | 906 | 1,006 |
| Nonparametric | 0.030 | 0.579*** | 0.254 | 0.077 | −0.181 | −0.281 |
| IK Bandwidth | [0.302] | [0.216] | [0.272] | [0.261] | [0.255] | [0.244] |
| Observations | 265 | 242 | 223 | 254 | 246 | 244 |
| Parametric | 0.381*** | 0.331*** | 0.244** | 0.277*** | 0.104 | 0.025 |
| Quadratic Spline | [0.120] | [0.099] | [0.103] | [0.104] | [0.103] | [0.106] |
| Observations | 4,532 | 4,276 | 4,516 | 4,516 | 4,516 | 4,516 |
Notes: Robust standard errors clustered at the household level are in brackets.
***, ** and * indicate statistical significance at the 1, 5 and 10 percent level respectively. The dependent variables are defined in Tables I, II, and III. The reported coefficients are for the variable "Winner" is defined as 1 for individuals with an income below the program cutoff of 62.58 RON, 0 otherwise. All non-parametric specifications use a rectangular kernel. CV refers to the modified cross-validation procedure used to derive the optimal bandwidth; IK refers to the Imbens-Kalyanarman optimal bandwidth. All regressions include controls for age, gender, ethnicity and education of the head of household, as well as gender and age dummy variables of the child. Source: 2009 Euro 200 survey.