Cost of Norway's corona school closure
The main cost is hidden: students will learn less, and be less productive in the coming decades
$160 lost per pupil per day
Total per day:
$137 million lost learning
$22 million lost parent productivity
ssb.no/nasjonalregnsk…
The main cost is hidden: students will learn less, and be less productive in the coming decades
$160 lost per pupil per day
Total per day:
$137 million lost learning
$22 million lost parent productivity
ssb.no/nasjonalregnsk…
Each day, Norway produce $912m in GDP
Total school closure each day cost $159m
In total, more than 17% of daily GDP lost every day the schools are closed
(Norway GDP is 3.5 trillion NOK for 2019, ssb.no/nasjonalregnsk…, or 9.7bn NOK per day)
Total school closure each day cost $159m
In total, more than 17% of daily GDP lost every day the schools are closed
(Norway GDP is 3.5 trillion NOK for 2019, ssb.no/nasjonalregnsk…, or 9.7bn NOK per day)
Norwegian Institute of Public Health told government not to close schools, which could make corona more contagious.
The Prime Minister decided to close schools anyway because Denmark did so and pressure from local politicians
dagbladet.no/nyheter/sa-ifr…
omni.se/kallor-experte…
The Prime Minister decided to close schools anyway because Denmark did so and pressure from local politicians
dagbladet.no/nyheter/sa-ifr…
omni.se/kallor-experte…
A new Lancet review article finds that school closure did nothing to help in the SARS epidemic and recent modeling shows it helps only little
thelancet.com/journals/lanch…
thelancet.com/journals/lanch…
