COVID-19 and Children’s School Resilience : Evidence from Nigeria (English)

This paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on children's school resilience. Using an individual fixed-effect linear probability model on Nigeria data, it exploits the quasi-randomness of these measures to estimate their effect on school attendance after the lockdown was lifted. The results show that COVID-19 lockdown measures reduced children's probability of attending school after the school system reopened. This negative impact...

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Dessy,Sylvain Eloi;

Gninafon,Horace Mahugnon Akim;

Tiberti,Luca;

Tiberti,Marco;
Document Date
2021/07/26
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9736
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Nigeria,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2021/07/26
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
COVID-19 and Children’s School Resilience : Evidence from Nigeria
Keywords
school attendance

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Dessy,Sylvain Eloi; Gninafon,Horace Mahugnon Akim; Tiberti,Luca; Tiberti,Marco.

COVID-19 and Children’s School Resilience : Evidence from Nigeria (English). COVID-19 (Coronavirus)|LSMS|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9736 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/458201627312906369

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