Table 3 Range cost of school closure as a % of GDP.
From: Estimating the costs of school closure for mitigating an influenza pandemic
Base case | Informal care 54% | Effective labour 80% | Work from home 30% | Effective labour, informal care, & work from home adjusted | Absenteeism of 50% working fathers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 weeks | LFS | 0.97% | 0.44% | 0.77% | 0.68% | 0.25% | 1.26% |
DWP | 0.85% | 0.39% | 0.68% | 0.59% | 0.22% | 1.10% | |
8 weeks | LFS | 0.64% | 0.30% | 0.51% | 0.45% | 0.17% | 0.84% |
DWP | 0.56% | 0.26% | 0.45% | 0.40% | 0.15% | 0.74% | |
6 weeks | LFS | 0.48% | 0.22% | 0.39% | 0.34% | 0.12% | 0.63% |
DWP | 0.42% | 0.19% | 0.34% | 0.30% | 0.11% | 0.55% | |
4 weeks | LFS | 0.32% | 0.15% | 0.26% | 0.23% | 0.08% | 0.42% |
DWP | 0.28% | 0.13% | 0.23% | 0.20% | 0.07% | 0.37% | |
2 weeks | LFS | 0.16% | 0.07% | 0.13% | 0.11% | 0.04% | 0.21% |
DWP | 0.14% | 0.06% | 0.11% | 0.10% | 0.04% | 0.18% |