Table 2 Weekly cost of school closure (in million £) under a range of different assumptions. LFS represents estimated costs based on the Labour Force Survey and DWP based on Department of Work and Pensions estimates of wages.
From: Estimating the costs of school closure for mitigating an influenza pandemic
Sectoral | From aggregate figure | ||
|---|---|---|---|
LFS | DWP | aggregate adjusted | |
Base case | 986.0 | 865.2 | 865.5 |
Informal care adjusted | 453.6 | 398.0 | 398.1 |
Effective labour adjusted | 788.8 | 692.2 | 692.4 |
Work from home adjusted | 690.2 | 605.7 | 605.8 |
Effective labour, informal care, and work from home adjusted | 254.0 | 222.9 | 223.0 |
Absenteeism of 50% working fathers | 1286.0 | 1128.5 | 1128.8 |