Purpose

This research explores the impact of parental educational attainment, race, ethnicity, gender and employment on the time parents spend educating their children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach

School closures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have affected billions of students worldwide, and have had an impact on the economy and the society. With classes being cancelled or taught remotely, the importance of parental intervention in children's education has accelerated.

Findings

The authors find that more educated parents allocate more time on child education, while higher income and employment have an adverse effect. Fathers are likely to spend more time than mothers in teaching and educating their children during COVID-19.

Practical implications

The findings have implications in identifying children whose education suffers the most in times of a pandemic and determining the main target group of policies designed to train children, encourage parental involvement and support children's educational development.

Originality/value

This is the first paper that examines the variations in parental time with children across social and economic subgroups during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors also focus on the time parents spend educating their children rather than just supervising them. The authors additionally examine the determinants of the time children study on their own. Finally, the analysis is novel because it is based on the newest available data collected to examine the trends and experiences of individuals in the United States triggered by COVID-19.

中文翻译：

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大流行时期的教育：父母的社会经济特征和教育孩子的时间

目的

这项研究探讨了父母的教育程度、种族、民族、性别和就业对父母在 COVID-19 大流行期间教育孩子的时间的影响。

设计/方法/方法

为防止 COVID-19 传播而关闭学校已经影响了全球数十亿学生，并对经济和社会产生了影响。随着课程被取消或远程授课，父母干预儿童教育的重要性日益增加。

发现

作者发现，受教育程度越高的父母在子女教育上分配的时间越多，而更高的收入和就业则会产生不利影响。在 COVID-19 期间，父亲可能会比母亲花更多的时间教孩子。

实际影响

这些发现对于确定在大流行期间受教育影响最大的儿童以及确定旨在培训儿童、鼓励父母参与和支持儿童教育发展的政策的主要目标群体具有重要意义。

原创性/价值

这是第一篇研究 COVID-19 大流行期间不同社会和经济亚群的孩子的父母时间变化的论文。作者还关注父母花在教育孩子上的时间，而不仅仅是监督他们。作者还研究了儿童自学时间的决定因素。最后，该分析是新颖的，因为它基于收集到的最新可用数据，以检查 COVID-19 引发的美国个人的趋势和经历。