We use event-study models based on staggered summer vacations in Germany to estimate the effect of school re … by uncovering otherwise undetected (asymptomatic) cases. Case numbers in school-aged children spike in the first week … decrease after school re-openings, arguably as a result of detected clusters through the school testing. The age group 60 …

This paper studies the effect of the end of school summer breaks on SARS-CoV-2 cases in Germany. We exploit variation … specifications, sub-group analyses and robustness checks, we do not find any evidence of a positive effect of school re-openings on …,000 inhabitants or 27 percent of a standard deviation. Our results are not explained by changes in mobility patterns around school re …

activities on secondary school degrees and professional degrees. Even after controlling for important variables and selection …

activities on secondary school degrees and professional degrees. Even after controlling for important variables and selection …

I exploit exogenous changes in school year length in Germany in 1966 and 1967 to study the causal effect of education … on health. Controlling for cohort, school track and Federal states fixed effects, which fully control for the assignment … role. -- Education gradient ; school year length ; health …