Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 27, 2023 erstellt
Beschreibung:
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, many measures were taken during the pandemic. These measures also affected pupils, like the multiple school closures. Children from different backgrounds are likely to have different abilities to cope with the challenges of the pandemic and associated countermeasures. We investigate whether the already existing differences between schools in high and low income neighborhoods increased even further. Our results show that the transition rate from primary schools to the academic track decreased by 1.3 percentage points more in low income neighborhoods relative to high income neighborhoods, suggesting that the pandemic has increased educational inequality in Germany