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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2022/12/12
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10259
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1
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2022/12/12
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Disclosed
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Latin America : Long-Run Implications for Poverty and Inequality