The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread school shutdowns, with many continuing
distance education via online-learning platforms. We here estimate the causal effects of …

Pandemics have been a long-standing object of study by economists, albeit with declining
interest, that is until COVID-19 arrived. We review current knowledge on the pandemics' …

One persistent question in higher education is the efficacy of online education. In the fall of
2020, we randomized 551 West Point students in a required introductory economics course …

The transition to remote learning in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
might have led to dramatic setbacks in education. Taking advantage of the fact that São …

This paper examines how the pandemic impacted the enrollment patterns, fields of study,
and academic outcomes of students in the California Community College System, the …

This paper reviews journal articles in the area of economics teaching and learning
published during the past two years, namely calendar years 2020 and 2021. Our intention is …

This study examines the impact of instruction modality on student learning outcomes, with a
focus on disparities observed pre-and post-pandemic. Using administrative data from a …

School closures, forcibly brought about by the COVID-19 crisis in many countries, have
impacted children's lives and their learning processes. The heterogeneous implementation …

This paper describes the results of an experiment conducted in a technical university in Italy
in 2019, involving the implementation and evaluation of an innovative short course on …

Despite growing consensus in the public debate that self-discipline is key to succeeding in
an online learning environment, the evidence available is very limited. We investigate the …