Bailey, Martha J.; Currie, Janet M.; Schwandt, Hannes - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
to August 2022 to examine the childbearing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although fertility rates declined in 2020 … declined immediately after lockdowns began--nine months too soon to reflect the pandemic's effects on conceptions. We also find … that the COVID pandemic resulted in a small "baby bump" among U.S.-born mothers. The 2021 baby bump is the first major …