Economics of Gap Year

DOES IT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO TAKE A GAP YEAR?
Remote College Is Still More Valuable Than a Gap Year

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-18/covid-remote-learning-is-still-more-valuable-than-a-gap-year

Considering a College Gap Year During the Pandemic? It Could Be Costly, Research Shows.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/considering-a-college-gap-year-during-the-pandemic-it-could-be-costly-research-shows-51596038486

Related:

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2020/07/delaying-college-during-the-pandemic-can-be-costly.html

As Students Flock to Gap-Year Programs, College Enrollments Could Suffer

https://www.chronicle.com/article/as-students-flock-to-gap-year-programs-college-enrollments-could-suffer

From a philosophical standpoint:
A Commencement Address Too Honest to Deliver in Person

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/commencement-address-too-honest-have-been-delivered-person/611572/ 

Grades and Evaluation During a Pandemic - UK Case Study

Britain's Exam Fiasco Wasn't Just AI's Fault. It Was Human Error

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-18/a-level-results-boris-johnson-makes-another-humiliating-u-turn 

An algorithm shouldn’t decide a student’s future

https://www.politico.eu/article/an-algorithm-shouldnt-decide-students-future-coronavirus-international-baccalaureate/

Teachers accused of submitting 'implausibly high' predicted grades as A-level results row grows

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/13/teachers-accused-submitting-implausibly-high-predicted-grades/ 

Interesting Economic Debates

The Minimum Wage Debate

https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2020/08/15/what-harm-do-minimum-wages-do

Market Concentration and Competition Concerns

https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2020/08/08/what-more-should-antitrust-be-doing

Income per Capita Convergence Debate

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/08/15/a-new-study-shows-emerging-economies-are-catching-up

Economics Needs New Theories About Stimulus and Inflation

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-06/economics-needs-to-junk-old-theories-about-stimulus-and-inflation 

Fighting the Inevitable?

August Wave of Campus Reopening Reversals

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/12/hundreds-colleges-walk-back-fall-reopening-plans-and-opt-online-only-instruction

University of North Carolina Retreats to Remote Learning for Undergrads After Coronavirus Outbreaks

https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-north-carolina-retreats-to-remote-learning-for-undergrads-after-coronavirus-outbreaks-11597698243

Stanford Won't Bring Students Back to Campus This Fall

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/08/14/stanford-wont-bring-students-back-campus-fall 

The virus isn’t going away. That’s why campuses need to reopen

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-virus-isnt-going-away-thats-why-campuses-need-to-reopen/2020/08/18/28810dd0-e17d-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html 

Challenges Facing State and Local Governments

The Recession Is About to Slam Cities. Not Just the Blue-State Ones by Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/upshot/pandemic-recession-cities-fiscal-shortfall.html

8 Numbers That Sum Up the Financial Crisis Facing State and Local Governments

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/08/14/8-numbers-that-sum-up-the-financial-crisis-facing-state-and-local-governments/#192573243286 

Global Economic Recovery - Long Road Ahead

World Bank dashes hopes of swift recovery

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/08/15/world-bank-dashes-hopes-swift-recovery/

Japan GDP contracts annualized 27.8% in April-June

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Japan-GDP-contracts-annualized-27.8-in-April-June

India tests normal economic activity by lifting night curfew

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/India-tests-normal-economic-activity-by-lifting-night-curfew

Spillover Effects - US-China Trade Conflict

Stocks Likely to Survive the U.S.-China Decoupling

https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-to-profit-from-the-u-s-china-cold-war-51597441043

China’s Loss May Become India’s Gain in Shifting Supply Chains

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-16/china-s-loss-may-become-india-s-gain-in-shifting-supply-chains