This brief provides estimates of the loss of learning at the workplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participation in informal learning is estimated to have decreased by 25 % as a result of the large-scale cessation of economic activities. For non-formal learning, the estimate is 18 %. This represents a non-negligible amount of lost learning, which cannot be easily recovered. The estimated educational losses are very diverse across sectors and individuals and depend on the pervasiveness of the closure of economic activities. The results also show that the pandemic is likely to have led to fewer training opportunities for disadvantaged and low-skilled workers, who in turn will most likely need retraining.
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