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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2020
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| 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 |