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2nd Joint IZA & Jacobs Center Workshop: Consequences of Covid-19 for Child and Youth Development

  • October 2024
    October 10, 2024 TO
    October 11, 2024

    IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education

    Online

    The 8th IZA/ECONtribute Workshop on the Economics of Education will convene international scholars focusing on the development of skills within both formal and informal educational contexts and their valuation in the labor market. The conference will feature a select group of presenters, alongside a poster session for local researchers from the host institutions. Presentations and the keynote speech will be accessible via Zoom to an external audience.

2nd Joint IZA & Jacobs Center Workshop: Consequences of Covid-19 for Child and Youth Development
September 01, 2021 - September 02, 2021
In Spring 2020, the spread of COVID-19 sparked an unprecedented public health crisis. More than one year into the pandemic, education systems, parents and students worldwide struggle to adapt to the new normal.

Against this background, IZA and the University of Zurich Jacobs Center for Child and Youth Development present the 2nd joint workshop on the consequences of COVID-19 for Child and Youth Development. The online workshop brings together researchers for a two-day workshop to discuss topics including:
  • impacts in higher education;
  • digitization of learning environments;
  • inequality in educational outcomes;
  • the development of children’s cognitive and socio-emotional skills
  • parenting behavior;
  • crime, violence and delinquency.
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