2022
DOI: 10.18235/0003920
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Developmental losses in young children from pre-primary program closures during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract: The learning and developmental losses from pre-primary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life, when the brain is more sensitive to environmental changes, can be long-lasting. Although there is evidence about the effects of school closures on older children, there is currently no evidence on such losses for children in their early years. This paper is among the first to quantify the actual impact of pandemic-related closures on child development, in this case for … Show more

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“…This helps us in disentangling the e↵ects of school closings from other adverse e↵ects that the pandemic may have had. Our results for the Finnish context contrast with those found in Belgium (Maldonado and De Witte, 2020), Italy (Contini et al, 2021;De Paola et al, 2022), the Netherlands (Engzell et al, 2021) or Chile (Abufhele et al, 2022). In general, this studies find that the closure of schools harmed students academic performance and progression 2 .…”
Section: Introductioncontrasting
confidence: 95%
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“…This helps us in disentangling the e↵ects of school closings from other adverse e↵ects that the pandemic may have had. Our results for the Finnish context contrast with those found in Belgium (Maldonado and De Witte, 2020), Italy (Contini et al, 2021;De Paola et al, 2022), the Netherlands (Engzell et al, 2021) or Chile (Abufhele et al, 2022). In general, this studies find that the closure of schools harmed students academic performance and progression 2 .…”
Section: Introductioncontrasting
confidence: 95%
“…Engzell et al (2021) find that test scores gains were substantially lower during school closures (-0.08 SD, which is equivalent to one-fifth of a school year) and were 60% larger among students from less-educated homes. Abufhele et al (2022) focus on pre-primary pupils in Chile and find that the pandemic had an adverse impact in language development of 0.25 SD.…”
Section: Education Institutions In Finlandmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…1,2 Far-reaching infection control measures were initially introduced, including closure of day care centers (DCCs) and schools, 3 despite growing evidence in the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic pointing against a relevant role of young children as important sources of infection. [4][5][6] Closure of childcare facilities may result in developmental delay in young children 7,8 and has been identified as a relevant stressor for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. 9 Loss of access to nonparental childcare has been shown to be associated with increased job loss risk for mothers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(The DELVE Initiative 2020; Rose et al 2020;Amplify 2020). No published evidence is yet available on losses for younger children, but some preliminary studies from Chile and Uruguay show actual losses hover around 0.20-0.35 SD in the cognitive development domain (Abufhele, Lopez Boo, and Soto-Ramirez 2022;González et al 2021).…”
Section: Short-term Actual Learning Losses Due To Covid-19mentioning
confidence: 99%