@EdWorkingPaper{ai23-723,
title = "Capturing the Educational and Economic Impacts of School Closures in Poland",
author = "Tomasz Gajderowicz, Maciej Jakubowski, Harry Anthony Patrinos, Sylwia Wrona",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "723",
year = "2023",
month = "February",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai23-723",
abstract = {The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with pre- and post-COVID-19 samples shows that the learning loss was equal to more than one year of study. Assuming a 45-year working life of the total affected population, the economic loss in future student earnings may amount to 7.2 percent of Poland’s gross domestic product.},
}