Archive: COVID-briefs
Introduction The question is how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the finances of the vulnerable households, as well as those with more resources. On one hand, the shutdown of the economy resulted in salary cuts and job losses. On the other hand, many households received substantial government relief – through stimulus payments and unemployment benefits –…
Birth rates in the United States have been declining since the Great Recession, and many thought that COVID-19 might accelerate this decline. And, indeed, birth rates early in the pandemic did drop substantially. However, when the economy swiftly recovered from COVID, birth rates in 2021 ticked up for the first time since 2014. The question…
