We disentangle the channels through which Covid-19 has affected the performance of university students by setting up an econometric strategy to identify separately changes in both teaching and evaluation modes, and the short and long term effects of mobility restrictions. We exploit full and detailed information from the administrative archives of one among the first universities to be shut down since the virus spread from Wuhan. The results help solving the inconsistencies in the literature by providing evidence of a composite picture where negative effects such as those caused by the sudden shift to remote learning and by the exposure to mobility restrictions, overlap to opposite effects due to a change in evaluation methods and home confinement during the exam’s preparation. Such overlap of conflicting effects, weakening the signaling role of tertiary education, would add to the learning loss by further exacerbating future consequences on the “Covid” generation.

Luca Bonacini, Giovanni Gallo, Fabrizio Patriarca (2023). Unraveling the controversial effect of Covid-19 on college students' performance. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13(1), 1-13 [10.1038/s41598-023-42814-7].

Unraveling the controversial effect of Covid-19 on college students' performance

Luca Bonacini
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2023

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We disentangle the channels through which Covid-19 has affected the performance of university students by setting up an econometric strategy to identify separately changes in both teaching and evaluation modes, and the short and long term effects of mobility restrictions. We exploit full and detailed information from the administrative archives of one among the first universities to be shut down since the virus spread from Wuhan. The results help solving the inconsistencies in the literature by providing evidence of a composite picture where negative effects such as those caused by the sudden shift to remote learning and by the exposure to mobility restrictions, overlap to opposite effects due to a change in evaluation methods and home confinement during the exam’s preparation. Such overlap of conflicting effects, weakening the signaling role of tertiary education, would add to the learning loss by further exacerbating future consequences on the “Covid” generation.
2023
Luca Bonacini, Giovanni Gallo, Fabrizio Patriarca (2023). Unraveling the controversial effect of Covid-19 on college students' performance. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13(1), 1-13 [10.1038/s41598-023-42814-7].
Luca Bonacini; Giovanni Gallo; Fabrizio Patriarca
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