11.09.2023 New Working Paper: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Marriage and Childbirth: Survey-based Evidence from Iran

A new working paper was published by Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Sven Fischer under the MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics, in which the authors study the impact of COVID-19 on marriage and childbirth in Iran.

The results suggest that the experience of unemployment due to the pandemic is positively associated with marriage during the pandemic and the experience of losing a close relative or family member is negatively associated with marriage. In addition, concern about the persistence of the pandemic and vaccination status show negative associations with childbirth during the pandemic. They also found heterogenous effects depending on gender, location, and social class.

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