School attendance during a pandemic

Sofoklis Goulas and Rigissa Megalokonomou

Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 193, issue C

Abstract: When officials relax school attendance requirements as a prophylactic measure against a pandemic, students of higher prior performance take more absences, while students of lower prior performance keep going to school. Prior performance is positively associated with neighborhood income.

Keywords: School attendance; School performance; Pandemic; School closure; Social distancing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109275

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