abstract: 'Studying how the pandemic affects the education and work of adolescents

  is a critical question with long lasting implications for well-being of

  the next generation, particularly in the developing world. The Covid-19

  pandemic by mid-March 2020 had led to the closing of most educational

  institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the region has been

  one of the worst hit by the pandemic (Sanmarchi et al., 2021). This

  paper uses the Mexican National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE)

  to provide evidence on the pandemic''s effects on school and work of

  youth. We measure changes in the time use of adolescents comparing

  patterns just before the pandemic (January to March 2020) with those at

  the beginning of the following school year (September 2020), controlling

  for pre pandemic trends and potential seasonality. Our study finds a

  sharp reduction in the probability of being engaged in studies during

  the previous week for youth age 12 to 18 during the pandemic, as well as

  a reduction of about 30 percent in total hours spent on studies for

  those who report spending at least one hour on studies in the previous

  week. Time in work in general shows fewer changes than in time dedicated

  to studies, with some reductions in the probability of working outside

  the home for older youth, and a small increase in the number of hours

  dedicated to work inside the household. Our results overall are

  suggestive of an important decrease in youth who are engaged with

  school, who may be at particular risk for abandoning school permanently.

  It also suggests that even for those who remain engaged, there is a

  reduction on time spent studying likely to lead to a decrease in

  learning. Policies to combat potential dropout and negative effects on

  learning of the pandemic are urgently needed. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All

  rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Boruchowicz, C (Corresponding Author), Univ Maryland, Sch Publ Policy,
  Van Munching Hall,7699 Mowatt Ln, College Pk, MD 20740 USA.

  Boruchowicz, Cynthia; Parker, Susan W.; Robbins, Lindsay, Univ Maryland, College
  Pk, MD 20740 USA.

  Robbins, Lindsay, CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico.'
article-number: '105687'
author: Boruchowicz, Cynthia and Parker, Susan W. and Robbins, Lindsay
author-email: 'cynthiab@umd.edu

  swparker@umd.edu

  lmrobbin@umd.edu'
author_list:
- family: Boruchowicz
  given: Cynthia
- family: Parker
  given: Susan W.
- family: Robbins
  given: Lindsay
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105687
earlyaccessdate: SEP 2021
eissn: 1873-5991
files: []
issn: 0305-750X
journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT
keywords: Mexico; Education; Time use; Youth; Keyword; COVID-19
keywords-plus: CHILD LABOR; EDUCATION; INEQUALITIES
language: English
month: JAN
number-of-cited-references: '59'
papis_id: 996cbdbc9c7d615d002e9bb238046487
ref: Boruchowicz2022timeuse
times-cited: '7'
title: 'Time use of youth during a pandemic: Evidence from Mexico'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000698630900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
volume: '149'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
year: '2022'