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 … on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs …

argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We … collect detailed time-use information on students before and during the school closures in a survey of 1,099 parents in …

. School closures were among the earliest measures enacted by the governments of most countries. However, while schools are now … reopening in many countries, the impact of school closures on the course of the epidemic is still an open question. Adopting … parametric and non-parametric synthetic control methods we estimate the effectiveness of pro-active school closures, and other …

data at the subnational level in Mexico to study the behavior of remittances during the Covid-19 pandemic. We estimate … results show that destination country conditions have been the main driver of remittances to Mexico, whereas origin country … conditions had no discernible effect on remittances during the pandemic. We also show that contractions in consumption in Mexico …