Cover Letter Even if the courses were mostly theoretically oriented, in this years I also learnt some fundamental instruments for applied econometric research, agent-based simulation, and data analysis. In particular, I became familiar with software as STATA, Python, NetLogo and, to a lesser extent, R and EViews. I had the occasion to use STATA during the Growth and Development course when I and one of my colleagues were request to inspect the correlation between the computer usage at school and outside of the schools of pupils attending primary schools, and the results they earn in math tests. We decided to focus of attention to Vietnam, so by using the database “Young Lives School Survey – Vietnam School Survey” provided by UK Data Service, we perform a Tobit regression analysis.