Capturing the Educational and Economic Impacts of School Closures in Poland

Tomasz Gajderowicz, Maciej Jakubowski, Harry Patrinos and Sylwia Wrona
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Sylwia Wrona: University of Warsaw

No 15787, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with pre- and post-COVID-19 samples shows that the learning loss was equal to more than one year of study. Assuming a 45-year working life of the total affected population, the economic loss in future student earnings may amount to 7.2 percent of Poland's gross domestic product.

Keywords: learning loss; school closure; COVID-19; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2022-12
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Published - published as 'Poland: Education During and After COVID-19 Pandemic and Educational Reforms' in: Crato, N., Patrinos, H.A. (eds), Improving National Education Systems After COVID-19. Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices. Springer, Cham, 2025, 121–133 (without H. A. Patrinos and S. Wrona).

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