Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Jessica Bracco
Author-Name-First: Jessica
Author-Name-Last: Bracco
Author-Name: Leonardo Gasparini
Author-Name-First: Leonardo
Author-Name-Last: Gasparini
Author-Name: Mariana Marchionni
Author-Name-First: Mariana
Author-Name-Last: Marchionni
Author-Name: Guido Neidhöfer
Author-Name-First: Guido
Author-Name-Last: Neidhöfer
Author-Name: Matías Ciaschi
Author-Name-First: Matías
Author-Name-Last: Ciaschi
Title: The impact of COVID-19 on education in Latin America: long-run implications on poverty and inequality
Abstract: The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the process of human capital accumulation of children and youths. As a consequence of this disruption, the pandemic is likely to imply permanent lower levels of human capital. In this paper we provide new evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 and school closures on education in Latin America by exploiting harmonized microdata from a large set of national household surveys. In addition, we carry out some basic microsimulations to assess the potential effect of changes in human capital due to the COVID-19 crisis on future income distributions. We find that the pandemic is likely to have significant long-run consequences in terms of incomes and poverty if strong compensatory measures are not taken soon.
Length:  40 pages
Creation-Date:  2022-11
File-URL: https://aaep.org.ar/works/works2022/4544.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 4544
Classification-JEL: O1, I31, I24
Handle: RePEc:aep:anales:4544