COVID-19 AND ITS IMPACT ON THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS OF THE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY OF ECUADOR

Víctor Quinde Rosales; Rina Bucaram Leverone; Francisco Quinde Rosales; Carla Silvera Tumbaco; Génesis Quiroz Martínez

doi:10.63332/joph.v5i7.3026

Authors

Víctor Quinde Rosales Magíster en Economía Agraria, Economista Agrícola, Docente y Director del Centro de Investigación de Economía Agrícola y Ambiental de la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador. Representante del comité de Investigación de la Facultad de Economía Agrícola ante la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador
Rina Bucaram Leverone Doctora en Ciencias Ambientales, Magíster en Economía Agraria, Economista Agrícola, Ingeniera en Gestión Empresarial Internacional, Docente-Investigador de la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador
Francisco Quinde Rosales Magíster en Economía con Mención en Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Económico, Economista Agrícola, Docente-Investigador de la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador
Carla Silvera Tumbaco Magíster en Currículo e Instrucción Inglés como Segunda Lengua, Ingeniera en Sistemas Computacionales, Docente-Investigador de la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador
Génesis Quiroz Martínez Economista Agrícola, Técnico de Investigación del Centro de Investigación de Economía Agrícola y Ambiental de la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63332/joph.v5i7.3026

Keywords:

Pandemic, Education, Faculty, Virtual, Difference in Difference

Abstract

The importance of the study lies in establishing the level of incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic in the university academic activity of the Agrarian University of Ecuador, applying the econometric model differences in differences, being a descriptive and experimental study with the participation of teachers and students belonging to the Faculty of Agricultural Economics of the cities of Guayaquil, Milagro and El Triunfo, with data collected in two different times, that is, the virtual academic period and the period of classes in face-to-face mode. As a consequence, students had a greater impact on variables associated with their educational environment, while teachers had a more relevant impact in the field of health. The results obtained underscore the importance of considering the specific context of each dataset.