What is it about?
We estimate the economic loss associated with COVID-19 school closures by mapping lost learning to the lifetime reduction of the earnings of graduates from 205 high-, middle-, and low-income countries. We also estimate economic losses by level of education.
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Why is it important?
Social distancing requirements associated with COVID-19 have led to mass school and university closures worldwide. While others have provided estimates of earnings losses due to COVID-19 school closures, to our knowledge ours is the first analysis that includes a majority of countries. Our findings indicate the economic loss of school closures to be highly significant. Estimated losses in national income are greater in low- and middle-income relative to high-income countries.
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Writing this article was important because it draws attention to one of the most important issues of our time.
Harry Patrinos
World Bank Group
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This page is a summary of: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures in Earnings and Income across the World, Comparative Education Review, May 2021, University of Chicago Press,
DOI: 10.1086/713540.
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