El efecto del regreso a clases presenciales durante la Pandemia del Covid–19 en los casos confirmados en Argentina
This research analyzes the effects of the return to face–to–face lessons between February and March 2021 in Argentina at three levels of education (kindergarten, primary and secondary) on the number of Covid–19 infections in 57 departments of the country. The hypo...
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| Formato: | Artículo revista |
| Lenguaje: | spa |
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Ediciones UNL. Secretaría de Extensión de la UNL
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/CE/article/view/11549 |
| Sumario: | This research analyzes the effects of the return to face–to–face lessons between February and March 2021 in Argentina at three levels of education (kindergarten, primary and secondary) on the number of Covid–19 infections in 57 departments of the country. The hypothesis states that face–to–face lessons bring about an increase in confirmed cases of Covid–19 for two reasons: first, the number of confirmed cases increaseswithin educational institutions; second, students’ mobility from and to these educational institutions also has an impact on this number. In order to demonstrate this, a Difference–in–Differences econometric model is used. The results obtained show that there is no statistically significant evidence which could support that the return to face–to–face lessons has had either a positive or negative impact on the number of Covid–19 confirmed cases, considering both population as a whole and the specific age groups (18–34, 35–59 and 60–over) between February 2, 2021 and April 18, 2021 in the departments observed. Moreover, the model estimates indicate that the return to face–to–face lessons at the abovementioned educational levels has had a positive and significant effect of 0.58 cases/100,000 inhabitants on the weekly moving average of confirmed cases within that age group ather 30 days of having resumed face–to– face education. |
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