In spring 2020, governments around the globe shut down schools to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. We 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...

In spring 2020, governments around the globe shut down schools to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. We 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...

Im ersten Teil berichten wir Ergebnisse einer Umfrage von über 1 000 Eltern von Schulkindern zu den Corona-bedingten Schulschließungen. Die Zeit, die Schulkinder mit schulischen Aktivitäten verbracht haben, hat sich während Corona von 7,4 auf 3,6 Stunden täglich halbiert. 38% der...

Wir haben über 2 000 Eltern befragt, wie Schulkinder die mehrwöchigen Corona-bedingten Schulschließungen Anfang 2021 verbracht haben. Im Durchschnitt haben die Schulkinder 4,3 Stunden pro Tag mit schulischen Tätigkeiten verbracht. Das ist eine knappe Dreiviertelstunde mehr als während der...

In spring 2020, governments around the globe shut down schools to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. We 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...

Child care and education are important inputs in the human capital production function. The research of Nobel prize winner James Heckman shows that skills are built from the early childhood on and increase the returns of later educational inputs, in short: skill begets skill. Therefore, it is...

This article investigates the effects of an increase in paid parental leave - twelve months instead of six months - on children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), allows us to circumvent problems of selection of...

Without a school degree, students can have difficulty in the labor market. To improve the lives of upper-secondary school dropouts, German states instituted a school reform that awarded an interim degree to high-track students upon completion of Grade 9. Using retrospective spell data on school...