We examine the role of teachers and students in the formation of test scores at the higher secondary level (grade 12 …) in public schools in Delhi, India. Using the value added approach, we find substantial variation in teacher and student …

India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly … disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India …, economic shocks are expected to have disparate implications. Employing World Bank data for rural areas in six states of India …

the response to unemployment shocks in these economies. In India, the unemployment rate does not seem to be a reliable …, unemployment rates, and wages in fixed-effects regressions which effectively use changes in these indicators over time within … most striking difference is that, in India, we do not find any significant reactions to asymmetric non-employment shocks at …

University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of … expectations regarding three fundamental aspects of students' lives in the pandemic: the labor market, education, and health. We … document the differential responses of students as a function of their country of residence, parental income, gender, and for …

and students' cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children's learning time … decreased severely during the first school closures, particularly for low-achieving students, and increased only slightly one … activities. The review shows substantial losses in cognitive skills on achievement tests, particularly for students from …

based on a representative sampling of over 1500 high-school students in Switzerland shortly before graduation. The findings … they offer. This can clearly be seen in comparison with high-school students preparing to study at another type of higher …

unemployment risk attitudes is larger than the impact of general risk attitudes, and (3) risk taking is rewarded with higher wages …

In Germany, the streaming of students into an academic or nonacademic track at age 10 can be revised at later stages of …