Background Parents have faced substantial social and economic challenges during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary cross-sectional research has demonstrated increases in …

School closings have been a key policy measure worldwide for reducing the spread of
corona-virus disease (COVID-19). In Germany, federal states closed schools in mid-March …

Background Multiple studies have highlighted the negative impact of COVID-19 and its
particular effects on vulnerable sub-populations. Complementing this work, here, we report …

In our annual series of reports on education spending, funded by the Nuffield Foundation,
we bring together data on education spending per student across the life cycle and provide …

This paper examines the recent declines in period fertility in the constituent countries of the
UK during the past decade and speculates mechanisms through which the COVID‐19 …

As most other aspects of life, education was strongly affected by the lockdowns imposed to
slow down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers at all levels of education …

This study examines the effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on fertility in Norway at the
individual level. Studies using data at the macrolevel have found a positive short‐term effect …

This paper examines whether the expansion of working from home led to a more equal
division of domestic work during the pandemic. We use unique data of dual-earner …

This paper examines how working from home influenced the division of childcare and
housework among dual earning heterosexual couples with children in the UK during the first …

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a monumental blow to the education of English school
children. Over the past 18 months, English school pupils experienced two long periods of …