Covid-induced school closures in the United States and Germany: long-term distributional effects.

Autor/in	Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola
Titel	Covid-induced school closures in the United States and Germany: long-term distributional effects. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Covid-bedingte Schulschließungen in den USA und in Deutschland: langfristige Verteilungseffekte.
Quelle	In: Economic policy, 37 (2022) 112, S. 609-639 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-4658; 1468-0327
DOI	10.1093/epolic/eiac052
Schlagwörter	Gesellschaft; Soziale Ungleichheit; Lernsituation; Akkumulation; Deutschland; Gesellschaft; Individuum; Kapital; Schulbesuch; Schule; Soziale Ungleichheit; USA; Auswirkung; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Internationaler Vergleich; Soziale Unterstützung; Humankapital; Lernsituation; Dauer; Unterbrechung; Pandemie; Schule; Schulbesuch; Pandemie; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Humankapital; Kapital; Verteilungseffekt; Soziale Unterstützung; Internationaler Vergleich; Dauer; Akkumulation; Auswirkung; Benachteiligung; Regionaler Vergleich; Unterbrechung; Individuum; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	"Almost all countries worldwide closed schools at the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis. I document that schooling time dropped on average by -55% in the United States and -45% in Germany from the onset of the crisis to the summer of 2021. In the United States, schools were closed longer in richer than in poorer areas, while in Germany the regional variation is much smaller. However, Germany exhibited substantial variation by grade level, with a strong U-shaped pattern that implies that children attending middle school faced the longest closures. A structural model of human capital accumulation predicts that the US school closures on average lead to a reduction of life-time earnings of -1.8% for the affected children. While the overall losses are likely somewhat smaller in Germany, the socio-economic gradient in the losses could be larger than in the United States, leading to increased inequality and decreased intergenerational mobility." The study refers to the period 2020-2021. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1