| Title: |
Absence and Attainment: Evidence from Pandemic Policy |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Stephen Gibbons; Sandra McNally; Piero Montebruno; London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Source: |
Centre for Economic Performance. 2024. |
| Availability: |
Centre for Economic Performance. London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK. Tel: +44-20-7955-7673; Fax: +44-20-7404-0612; e-mail: cep.info@lse.ac.uk; Web site: http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
52 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Nuffield Foundation (United Kingdom) |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Attendance; COVID-19; Pandemics; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Educational Policy; School Closing; Socioeconomic Status; Student Characteristics; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Elementary Secondary Education; Geographic Location; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Ethnicity; Racial Differences |
| Geographic Terms: |
United Kingdom (England) |
| Abstract: |
A high level of school absence has persisted across many countries since the COVID-19 pandemic. We use English data to investigate whether a student's absence during the pandemic had a causal impact on school attendance and academic progress in future years, using variation in local regulations during the pandemic (not aimed at schools). We find that more stringent regulations caused higher rates of school absence at that time, leading to lower attendance and rates of achievement in subsequent years. Our evidence suggests that the persistent effect is caused by changes in parents' and pupils' attitudes to attendance and not because of rules forcing students to stay at home when they had been in contact with others who had COVID-19. The effects of policy restrictions on contemporaneous and persistent absences was stronger for lower socio-economic groups. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
ED666593 |
| Database: |
ERIC |