The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Latin America : Long-Run Implications for Poverty and Inequality (English)

The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the human capital formation of children and youths. As a consequence of this disruption, the pandemic is likely to imply permanent lower levels of human capital. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of COVID-19 and school closures on education in Latin America by exploiting harmonized microdata from a large set of national household surveys carried out in 2020, during the pandemic. In addition...

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Bracco,Jessica Roxana;

Ciaschi,Matías;

Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos;

Marchionni,Mariana;

Neidhöfer,Guido;
Document Date
2022/12/12
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS10259
Volume No
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2022/12/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Latin America : Long-Run Implications for Poverty and Inequality

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English

Rel. Proj ID

6L-Poverty and Equity in LAC FY23/24 -- P179518

Major Sector

FY17 - Public Administration

Theme

FY17 - Climate change,FY17 - Inclusive Growth,FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building,FY17 - Mitigation,FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use,FY17 - Economic Growth and Planning,FY17 - Adaptation

Sector

FY17 - Central Government (Central Agencies)

TF No/Name

TF0C1209-Regional report on the climate change-poverty nexus in LAC and Strength

Topics

Coronavirus (COVID-19),Inequality and Shared Prosperity,Poverty,

Unit Owning

EFI-LCR-POV-Poverty and Equity (ELCPV)

Version Type

Final

Series Name

Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10259; COVID-19 (Coronavirus);

Digital Object Identifier

10.1596/1813-9450-10259

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

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Bracco,Jessica Roxana; Ciaschi,Matías; Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos; Marchionni,Mariana; Neidhöfer,Guido.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Latin America : Long-Run Implications for Poverty and Inequality (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10259; COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099836212122222999

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