| dc.contributor.author | Shaqiri, Sebastian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-30T11:39:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-30T11:39:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06-30 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2077/72466 | |
| dc.description | MSc in Economics | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In lightoftheCovid-19pandemic,oneofthemostcommoninterventions
used bycountrieswastoshutdownschoolsinthehopeofmitigatingvirus
transmission. However,theeffectivenessofschoolclosuresstilllacks
consensus intheliteratureduetotheseeminglydifficulttaskofestimating
the causaleffectofclosingschools.Thispapercontributestotheliterature
byprovidingbothempiricalevidenceoftheeffectofschoolclosuresand
methodologicalguidancetoisolatetheeffectofschoolclosures.Weexploit
variationsinschoolclosuresacrossmunicipalitiesbyutilizinganovel
dataset onSwedishlowersecondaryschoolclosurestoidentifythecausal
effect usingasyntheticcontrolmethod.Wefindevidencethatclosing
schoolshadasmallandsignificanteffectonthemunicipaltransmission
of Covid-19.Inaddition,weshowthatonlyholdingallstudentsathome
simultaneouslyyieldedmitigatingeffectsonthetransmission. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2022:128 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Covid-19 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sweden | en_US |
| dc.subject | school closures | en_US |
| dc.subject | synthetic control method | en_US |
| dc.title | Evaluating the Effect of School Closures on Societal Transmission of Covid-19: Evidence from Lower Secondary School Closures in Sweden | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.setspec.uppsok | SocialBehaviourLaw | |
| dc.type.uppsok | H2 | |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Gothenburg/Graduate School | eng |
| dc.contributor.department | Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School | swe |
| dc.type.degree | Master 2-years | |
