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Capturing the Educational and Economic Impacts of School Closures in Poland

The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with pre- and post-COVID-19 samples shows that the learning loss was equal to more than one year of study. Assuming a 45-year working life of the total affected population, the economic loss in future student earnings may amount to 7.2 percent of Poland's gross domestic product.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15787

Classification
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Education and Inequality
Subject
COVID-19
school closure
learning loss
Poland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Gajderowicz, Tomasz
Jakubowski, Maciej
Patrinos, Harry A.
Wrona, Sylwia
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2022

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Gajderowicz, Tomasz
  • Jakubowski, Maciej
  • Patrinos, Harry A.
  • Wrona, Sylwia
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2022

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