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Spatial Variations in the Impact of Covid-19 on the Educational Gender Gap in English Secondary Schools

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  • Bruna Campisano
  • Giuseppe Migali
  • Steve Bradley

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We investigate the effects of Covid-19 on spatial variations in gender differences in educational attainment in English secondary schools. Spatial variations in various measures of Covid-19 incidence rates at the Travel-to-Work-Areas are explored. Since all parts of the UK were affected by Covid-19, spatial variations in Covid-19 are regarded as variations in the ’dose’ of the virus - the higher the dose the greater the impact. Employing a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) framework with fixed effects for year, school and TTWA, and controlling for selection effects, we estimate the causal effect on the gender gap in high school test scores at age 16. We find that, when comparing schools in TTWAs in the treatment to their counterparts in the control group, there is a statistically significant and positive effect on the educational gender gap in favor of females of between 0.3 and 0.6 points. Girls at the upper end of the attainment distribution achieved much better scores. Robustness checks show that school composition and area effects are important. We explore the implications for education policy.

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  • Bruna Campisano & Giuseppe Migali & Steve Bradley, 2024. "Spatial Variations in the Impact of Covid-19 on the Educational Gender Gap in English Secondary Schools," Working Papers 415678839, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.
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    Keywords

    Covid-19; Educational Gender Gap; School Performance;
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    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other

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