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Norbert Schady

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Collapse and recovery: how the COVID-19 pandemic eroded human capital and what to do about it

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Joana Silva, Andres Yi Chang
Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has been an enormous shock to mortality, economies and daily life. This report estimates the impacts of the pandemic on the human capital of young children, school-age children and youth, and discusses the urgent actions needed to reverse the damage.