Dissertation
THREE ESSAYS ON THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL CLOSURES IN YEARS 2020-21 ON PARENTS AND CHILDREN
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
05/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006569
Abstract
My dissertation is a series of papers that study the effects of school closures in years 2020-21 on parental labor-market outcomes and educational outcomes of secondary and post-secondary students. My first chapter shows that k-12 school and childcare facility closures affect both the mothers and fathers of pre-school and school-age children through a reduction in their work hours, and in some cases earnings. These effects are concentrated among parents without a college degree, parents working in occupations that do not lend themselves to telework, and parents without other family members living at home. My second chapter finds that while high school graduation rates remained stable when schools closed, math proficiency rates suffered, particularly among vulnerable student groups, whereas reading/language and arts proficiency rates saw some improvements. My third chapter shows that university and college closures, coupled with social distancing mandates, led to a decline in both overall and in-state enrollments, with out-of-state enrollments also diminishing in some instances.
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- Title
- THREE ESSAYS ON THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL CLOSURES IN YEARS 2020-21 ON PARENTS AND CHILDREN
- Creators
- Kairon Shayne Dumalag Garcia
- Contributors
- Benjamin Cowan (Advisor)Jonathan Yoder (Committee Member)Shanthi Manian (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 183
- Identifiers
- 99901121534601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation