18.03.2025New publication on fertility dynamics in Switzerland during past pandemics and COVID-19

Katarina Matthes, Mathilde Le Vu and Kaspar Staub have analysed a long series of monthly population-level birth data in Switzerland and compare birth rate dynamics during and after the COVID-19 pandemic with those during previous pandemics. The study was published today in the journal Population Studies (Link). The University of Zurich released a media relase (Link) and there was a large interview with Kaspar Staub in the media outlet Tagesanzeiger (Link).