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Education on Lockdown Again: How Did Schoolchildren Spend Their Time during the Early 2021 School Closures?

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  • Ludger Wößmann
  • Vera Freundl
  • Elisabeth Grewenig
  • Philipp Lergetporer
  • Katharina Werner
  • Larissa Zierow

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During the several weeks of coronavirus-related school closures in early 2021, schoolchildren spent an average of 4.3 hours per day on school-related activities. That is according to a survey of more than 2,000 parents. While this is nearly three-quarters of an hour more than during the first school closures in spring 2020, it is still three hours less than on a typical school day before Covid-19.

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  • Ludger Wößmann & Vera Freundl & Elisabeth Grewenig & Philipp Lergetporer & Katharina Werner & Larissa Zierow, 2021. "Education on Lockdown Again: How Did Schoolchildren Spend Their Time during the Early 2021 School Closures?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 74(05), pages 36-52, May.
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