Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243100 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 952
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This 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 marriageprone North-West part of Nigeria, 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.
Subjects: 
COVID-19's lockdown measures
School attendance
Schools' disruptions
Gender inequality in education
Nigeria
JEL: 
C13
H52
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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