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Exacerbated Inequalities: The Learning Loss from COVID-19 in Italy

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  • Michela Carlana
  • Eliana La Ferrara
  • Carolina Lopez

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Using administrative data on the universe of eighth graders, we study learning losses in Italy between 2021 and 2019 to estimate the effect of schools' closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We find an average learning loss of 0.14 SD in math and 0.05 SD in reading. The pandemic widened preexisting gaps by socioeconomic status (SES): students in the bottom quintile of SES learned 0.21 SD less in math and 0.10 SD less in reading. Learning losses for immigrant students in math are larger than those for native ones. We do not find economically significant differences by gender.

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  • Michela Carlana & Eliana La Ferrara & Carolina Lopez, 2023. "Exacerbated Inequalities: The Learning Loss from COVID-19 in Italy," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 489-493, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:489-93
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231010
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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