Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 Related Job Loss on Children's Outcomes

The Covid-19 crisis has had an immediate impact on children's education through school closures and exam cancellations. But evidence shows that a child's education suffers when a parent's job becomes insecure or is lost. Especially children in disadvantaged households are likely to suffer most due to school closures and parental job loss might exacerbate these inequalities further. This project will investigate the impact of parental job loss and insecurity on children's educational outcomes using British survey data linked with national pupil records. The research team will study the immediate impact of job loss or felt job insecurity on parents' mental health and ability to provide home schooling using special survey waves being conducted since April 2020.