| Roots of Tomorrow＇s Digital Divide： Documenting Computer Use and Internet Access in China＇s Elementary Schools Today |
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| 作者姓名： | Yihua Yang Xiao Hu Qinghe Qu Fang Lai Yaojiang Shi Matthew Boswell Scott Rozelle |
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| 作者单位： | [1]School of Philosophy and Society, Jilin University, Changchun, China. [2]Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. [3]Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, USA. [4]LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven, Belgium. [5]School of Economic Management, Northwest University of Xi＇an, Xi＇an, China. |
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| 基金项目： | The authors would like to acknowledge Quanta Computing, Dell Computers, ADOC 2.0, Adobe Systems, Shidai Tianhua, Bowie Lee, the TAG Foundation and Mary Ann Milias St. Peters for their generous support for REAP＇s Technology and Human Capital theme area. The hard work of dozens of volunteers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Northwest University of Xi＇an and Qinghai Minorities University have made this paper possible. |
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| 摘 要： | This paper explores China＇s digital divide, with a focus on differences in access to computers, learning software, and the Internet at school and at home among different groups of elementary school children in China. The digital divide is examined in four different dimensions： （i） between students in urban public schools and students in rural public schools; （ii） between students in rural public schools and students in private migrant schools; （iii） between migrant students in urban public schools and migrant students in private migrant schools; and （iv） between students in Han-dominated rural areas and students in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities. Using data from a set of large-scale surveys in schools in different parts of the country, we find a wide gap between computer and Internet access of students in rural areas and those in urban public schools. The gap widens further when comparing urban students to students from minority areas. The divide is also large between urban and rural schools when examining the quality of computer instruction and access to learning software. Migration does not appear to eliminate the digital divide, unless migrant families are able to enroll their children in urban public schools. The digital divide in elementary schools may have implications for future employment, education and income inequality in China.
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| 关 键 词： | 计算机使用 互联网接入 中小学 中国 文档编制 少数民族地区 农村地区 小学生 |
Roots of Tomorrow＇s Digital Divide： Documenting Computer Use and Internet Access in China＇s Elementary Schools Today |
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| Yihua Yang,Xiao Hu,Qinghe Qu,Fang Lai,Yaojiang Shi,Matthew Boswell,Scott Rozelle.Roots of Tomorrow＇s Digital Divide： Documenting Computer Use and Internet Access in China＇s Elementary Schools Today[J].China & World Economy,2013(3):61-79. |
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| Authors: | 《China ＆ World Economy》 |
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| Abstract: | China ethnic minorities, digital divide, rural China, urban China |
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| Keywords: | China ethnic minorities digital divide rural China urban China |
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