“Have we learned anything new about the education system during the pandemic? And why is the economics of education becoming more important these days?” are questions host Katarína Stehlíková put to CERGE-EI’s Daniel Münich in the latest Talking Economics.
Daniel Münich, a CERGE-EI Ph. D. in Economics alumnus and member of the CERGE-EI Faculty, points out that inequality emerged during the pandemic: “I mean inequality in access to good education. It was already a problem before Covid. We don't have much data, but I'm convinced, given what I know, that inequality in education and resulting skills will substantially increase during the pandemic. That's a big issue even for us researchers.”
How long the pandemic will last is anyone's guess but we know that education was heavily affected. More research is needed, says Daniel Münich.
