Potential Economic Impact of COVID-19-Related School Closures

Publication | May 2022

This study examines the economic impacts of COVID-19-related school closures in the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels along with the implications to future labor productivity in Asia and the Pacific.

School closures due to COVID-19 created substantial disruptions in education, and this will impact the skills of students and their productivity when they mature as professionals. This study examines medium- and long-term economic impacts of COVID-19-related school closures using the Global Trade Analysis Project or GTAP. It also evaluates the labor productivity effect per year of schooling loss due to the pandemic.

Contents 

  • Introduction
  • Literature on COVID-19 Impacts on Education and Labor Productivity
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • Conclusions

Additional Details

Authors
Type
Series
Subjects
  • Economics
  • Education
  • COVID-19
Pages
  • 24
Dimensions
  • 8.5 x 11
SKU
  • WPS220197-2
ISSN
  • 2313-6537 (print)
  • 2313-6545 (electronic)

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