Does Education Prevent Job Loss During Downturns? Evidence from Exogenous School Assignments and COVID-19 in Barbados
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- H0 - Public Economics - - General
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2021-09-27 (Education)
- NEP-ISF-2021-09-27 (Islamic Finance)
- NEP-LAB-2021-09-27 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2021-09-27 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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