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What do we know so far about the effect of school closures on educational inequality?

Jo Blanden, Matthias Doepke and Jan Stuhler


Nearly all schools closed at some point during the pandemic. Reviewing the evidence so far, Jo Blanden, Matthias Doepke and Jan Stuhler warn that these closures will have a major negative impact on educational inequality.


16 May 2022


LSE Covid-19


https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2022/05/16/what-do-we-know-so-far-about-the-effect-of-school-closures-on-educational-inequality/

This Blog is published under the centre's Education programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Inequality and social mobility