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School ICT resources, teachers, and online education:Evidence from school closures in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Hideo Akabayashi

    (Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

  • Shimpei Taguchi

    (Graduate School of Economics, Keio University (Graduate student))

  • Mirka Zvedelikova

    (Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools switched to online education. Using Japan' s nationwide administrative data, we examine the impact of schools' ICT equipment and teachers' IT skills on the provision of online classes, communication with students' families, and teachers' working hours in early 2020. To isolate supply-side effects, we exploit differences in ICT resources between public elementary and junior high schools at a municipality level, the level at which ICT resources are decided. We find that basic ICT equipment was critical to implementing online classes, but IT skills were not. However, IT skills were associated with teachers f working hours.

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  • Hideo Akabayashi & Shimpei Taguchi & Mirka Zvedelikova, 2024. "School ICT resources, teachers, and online education:Evidence from school closures in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic," Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series 2024-010, Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University.
    • Handle: RePEc:keo:dpaper:2024-010
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; remote education; teachers' skills; school resources;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare

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