Inequalities in children’s experiences of home learning during the COVID-19 lockdown in England

Alison Andrew (), Sarah Cattan (), Monica Costa Dias, Christine Farquharson (), Lucy Kraftman (), Sonya Krutikova (), Angus Phimister () and Almudena Sevilla ()
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Alison Andrew: Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Sarah Cattan: Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Christine Farquharson: Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Lucy Kraftman: Institute for Fiscal Studies
Sonya Krutikova: Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Angus Phimister: Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute for Fiscal Studies

No W20/26, IFS Working Papers from Institute for Fiscal Studies

Abstract: This paper combines novel data on the time use, home learning practices and economic circumstances of families with children during the COVID-19 lockdown with pre-lockdown data from the UK Time User Survey to characterise the time use of children and how it changed during lockdown, and to gauge the extent to which changes in time use and learning practices during this period are likely to reinforce the already large gaps in education attainment between children from poorer and better-off families. We find considerable heterogeneity in children’s learning experiences - amount of time spent learning, activities undertaken during this time and availability of resources to support learning. Concerningly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, this heterogeneity is strongly associated with family income and in some instances more so than before lockdown. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that any impacts of inequalities in time spent learning between poorer and richer children are likely to be compounded by inequalities not only in learning resources available at home, but also those provided by schools.

Keywords: home learning; lockdown; covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-08-17
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