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Direct linkGentzkow, Matthew; Shapiro, Jesse M. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006
We use heterogeneity in the timing of television's introduction to different local markets to identify the effect of preschool television exposure on standardized test scores later in life. Our preferred point estimate indicates that an additional year of preschool television exposure raises average test scores by about .02 standard deviations. We…
Descriptors: Television, Television Viewing, Early Experience, Standardized Tests
