Can pandemics affect educational attainment? Evidence from the polio epidemic of 1916

We leverage the largest polio outbreak in US history, the 1916 polio epidemic, to study how epidemic-related school interruptions affect educational attainment. Using polio morbidity as a proxy for epidemic exposure, we find that children aged 10 and under, and school-aged children of legal working...

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Autores principales: Meyers, Keith, Thomasson, Melissa A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7384283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11698-020-00212-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7384283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11698-020-00212-3

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