Harry Anthony Patrinos

Harry Anthony Patrinos is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. Their work intersects multiple subfields including economics and econometrics, education, sociology and political science, safety research, and clinical psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include poverty, education and child welfare, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, fiscal policy and economic growth, school choice and performance, climate change policy and economics, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, and the connections between energy, environment, and economic growth.

Patrinos has frequently published in prominent venues, notably:

• SSRN Electronic Journal
• AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
• Prospects
• Applied Economics
• Journal of School Choice

Their recent papers include:

• Learning loss during Covid-19: An early systematic review, 2021, Prospects
• Measuring human capital using global learning data, 2021, Nature
• The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures in Earnings and Income across the World, 2021, Comparative Education Review
• Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
• A data set of comparable estimates of the private rate of return to schooling in the world, 1970-2014, 2021, International Journal of Manpower

Patrinos has collaborated frequently with various coauthors, such as:

• Tomasz Gajderowicz (11 publications)
• Maciej Jakubowski (10 publications)
• George Psacharopoulos (9 publications)
• Emiliana Vegas (6 publications)
• Noam Angrist (5 publications)

The scientist has authored multiple book publications, primarily with the World Bank and affiliated publishers, including titles like:

• Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures (2020)
• COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes: New Global Evidence from PISA (2024)
• Response Note to COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia (2020)
• The Learning Challenge in the 21 St Century (2020)
• Promoting Parental Involvement in Schools: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments (2020)
• Evaluation of Educational Loss in Europe and Central Asia (2023)
• Learning Recovery after COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia (2021)
• Human Capital and Climate Change (2023)
• The Impact of the Transition and EU Membership on the Returns to Schooling in Europe (2023)
• Economic Crises and Returns to University Education in Middle-Income Countries: Stylized Facts and COVID-19 Projections (2020)
• Education Quality, Green Technology, and the Economic Impact of Carbon Pricing (2021)
• Returns to Education in the Russian Federation (2020)

Additional book publications under the World Bank policy research working paper series include:

• An Analysis of COVID-19 Student Learning Loss (2022)
• The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less they Learned (2023)
• Learning during the Pandemic: Evidence from Uzbekistan (2023)

Other works published through "Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks" include:

• Education: Innovative Financing in Developing Countries (2024)
• Evaluation of Achievement Change in Egypt Using PIRLS Data (2024)
• Investing in Human Capital During Wartime: Experimental Evidence from Ukraine (2025)