[19] And this brings me to the second area: education. While the pandemic has opened up new opportunities for online learning, we have also seen that these opportunities have been challenging to implement. Schools and universities have faced significant disruption over the course of this year, and there is a risk that the negative effects of this disruption could linger.
Research indicates that the long-term socioeconomic status of children born during pandemics can be negatively affected. [20] The crisis has also hit young workers disproportionately hard. In the first half of this year, employment for 15 to 24-year-olds dropped by almost 5%. That also affects long-term growth. Young people have the greatest digital know-how and therefore the greatest potential to push digitalisation forwards.