The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger …

and students’ cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children’s learning time …If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children’s skill development …, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic’s effects on school children, this paper …

-achieving students. The reduction in learning time was not larger for children from lower-educated parents, but it was larger for boys … collect detailed time-use information on students before and during the school closures in a survey of 1,099 parents in … argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We …

Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore … relatively younger children to special needs services. The effect is persistent throughout compulsory schooling, resulting in …