When the great equalizer shuts down: Schools, peers, and parents in pandemic times

被引：63

作者：

Agostinelli, Francesco ^{[1
]}

Doepke, Matthias ^{[2
]}

Sorrenti, Giuseppe ^{[3
]}

Zilibotti, Fabrizio ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Penn, Dept Econ, 133 S 36th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] Northwestern Univ, Dept Econ, 2211 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[3] Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sch Econ, Roetersstr 11, NL-1018 WB Amsterdam, Netherlands

[4] Yale Univ, Dept Econ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 2022年 / 206卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Skill Acquisition; Peer effects; Parenting; Parenting Style; Neighborhood Effects; Covid-19; Pandemics; NEIGHBORHOODS; EXPOSURE; IMPACTS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104574

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

What are the effects of school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic on children's education? Online education is an imperfect substitute for in-person learning, particularly for children from low-income families. Peer effects also change: schools allow children from different socio-economic backgrounds to mix together, and this effect is lost when schools are closed. Another factor is the response of parents, some of whom compensate for the changed environment through their own efforts, while others are unable to do so. We examine the interaction of these factors with the aid of a structural model of skill formation. We find that school closures have a large, persistent, and unequal effect on human capital accumulation. High school students from low-income neighborhoods suffer a learning loss of 0.4 standard deviations after a one-year school closure, whereas children from high-income neighborhoods initially remain unscathed. The channels operating through schools, peers, and parents all contribute to growing educational inequality during the pandemic. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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