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COVID-19 and Children’s School Resilience: Evidence from Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorDessy, Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorGninafon, Horace
dc.contributor.authorTiberti, Luca
dc.contributor.authorTiberti, Marco
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-29T12:35:03Z
dc.date.available2021-07-29T12:35:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on children's school resilience. Using an individual fixed-effect linear probability model on Nigeria data, it exploits the quasi-randomness of these measures to estimate their effect on school attendance after the lockdown was lifted. The results show that COVID-19 lockdown measures reduced children's probability of attending school after the school system reopened. This negative impact increased with children's age, reaching a peak among those whose education was no longer compulsory. For schoolchildren in that age group, the negative effect of COVID-19 lockdown measures is likely to be permanent, which, if not reversed, will undermine the quality of the economy-wide future labor force. The paper also finds evidence that in the child marriage-prone North-West part of Nigeria that these measures increased gender inequality in education among children aged 12 to 18. This result suggests that COVID-19 lockdown measures may exacerbate harmful traditional practices such as child marriage.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/458201627312906369/COVID-19-and-Children-s-School-Resilience-Evidence-from-Nigeria
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36036
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9736
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSCHOOL CLOSURE
dc.subjectLOCKDOWN
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectREMOTE LEARNING
dc.subjectDISTANCE LEARNING
dc.subjectDROPOUT RATE
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectGENDER EQUITY
dc.titleCOVID-19 and Children’s School Resilienceen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Nigeriaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2021-07-26
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/458201627312906369/COVID-19-and-Children-s-School-Resilience-Evidence-from-Nigeria
okr.guid458201627312906369
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9736
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08882d243_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33295080
okr.identifier.reportWPS9736
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/458201627312906369/pdf/COVID-19-and-Children-s-School-Resilience-Evidence-from-Nigeria.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryNigeria
okr.topicEducation::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicEducation::Educational Technology and Distance Education
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.unitDevelopment Data Group, Development Economics
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