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According to a study conducted by Ainoa Aparicio-Fenoll, "The Uneven Effect of COVID School Closures: Parents in Teleworkable vs. Non-teleworkable Occupations", the closure of schools for a hundred days due to the Covid pandemic widened the performance gap among students, depending on whether their parents could work remotely or not. This suggests that parental teleworking can significantly impact the academic performance of their children during school closure periods.
"The Uneven Effect of COVID School Closures: Parents in Teleworkable vs. Non-teleworkable Occupations", IZA-Institute of Labor Economics, IZA DP No. 15754, 2022, https://repec.iza.org/dp15754.pdf