To what extent has the learning progress of school-aged children slowed down during the
COVID-19 pandemic? A growing number of studies address this question, but findings vary …

This paper surveys the recent literature on the causal relationship between education and
earnings. I focus on four areas of work: theoretical and econometric advances in modelling …

Suspension of face-to-face instruction in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to
concerns about consequences for students' learning. So far, data to study this question have …

Using three different studies on early grade reading from no-fee schools across in South
Africa, this paper establishes short-term learning losses in reading for grade 2 and 4 …

Among the extraordinary shocks to household life caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was
the sudden shift to distance learning in K-12 schools. Gone were Monday through Friday …

In early 2020, school closures (SCs) were one of the first nonpharmaceutical interventions
adopted around the world as a COVID-19 disease containment strategy. With the exception …

To mitigate the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), US states enacted a suite of …

Social distancing requirements associated with COVID-19 have led to mass school and
university closures worldwide. The article provides estimates of the economic loss …

We study the long-run effects of forced migration on investment in education. After World
War II, millions of Poles were forcibly uprooted from the Kresy territories of eastern Poland …

The COVID‐19 context has created the most severe disruption to education systems in
recent history. Its impact on child development was estimated comparing two cohorts of 4‐to …