Hard hit: Covid-19 has changed many lives, but ethnic minorities and women, especially lone mothers, have been particularly affected.

Writing for the ESRC’s new Economics Observatory, Emilia Del Bono and Angus Holford investigate the impact of the Covid-19 economic downturn on employment prospects for new graduates and current higher education students.
Professor Emilia Del Bono writes about her work exploring the impact of elite school attendance on long-run outcomes including completed education, income, and fertility.
Professor Emilia Del Bono, together with Marco Francesconi (University of Essex), Yvonne Kelly and Amanda Sacker (both of UCL) explore whether more time with mothers may be better for children’s development