The shock on human capital caused by COVID-19 is likely to have long lasting consequences, especially for children of … associations. In addition, we account for educational disruptions related to household income shocks. Our findings show that … of the most vulnerable could be seriously affected. In particular, the likelihood of children from low educated families …

outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly insignificant effects of the treatment on … average outcomes, which mask quite heterogeneous effects. For those students, who are taking extra coursework to continue …. In contrast, educational outcomes improve for students who do not take extra coursework. Hence, the treatment causes a …

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger …

and students’ cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children’s learning time …If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children’s skill development …, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic’s effects on school children, this paper …

average, secondary school completion rates decrease by 12 percentage points overall and by 16 points for children with low …-educated parents. Interestingly, in most countries the gender gap diminishes because for men the projected decrease in secondary school …. disadvantaged children, earnings inequality could increase between one and four Gini points, depending on the assumptions. …