Samuel Plach
Biographic Data
| ID | 1511303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Plach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Plach |
| SIGNATURE | PLACH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bocconi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6819-9907 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fertility Dynamics across High‐Income Countries in a New Era of Polycrisis
The COVID‐19 pandemic opened a polycrisis of interrelated disruptions and compounding economic and subjective uncertainty that likely shaped fertility in high‐income countries, especially in its second phase, in which the Ukraine war was a major source and amplifier of uncertainty. Yet fertility evidence remains largely limited to the pandemic. We estimate monthly “excess” total fertility rates (TFRs) and find that declines compared to projected …
Covid-19 Policy Interventions and Fertility Dynamics in the Context of Pre-Pandemic Welfare Support
This paper focuses on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to explain fertility dynamics during the pandemic, while considering countries' institutional context. We argue that containment policies disrupted people's lives and increased their uncertainty more in countries with weak welfare support systems, while health-related and economic support NPIs mitigated such disruptions much more there, as they were less expected by citizens. We estimat…
The association between Covid-19 policy responses and mental well-being
Early assessment of the relationship between the Covid-19 pandemic and births in high-income countries
Drawing on past pandemics, scholars have suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic will bring about fertility decline. Evidence from actual birth data has so far been scarce. This brief report uses data on vital statistics from a selection of high-income countries, including the United States. The pandemic has been accompanied by a significant drop in crude birth rates beyond that predicted by past trends in 7 out of the 22 countries considered, with …
The Covid-19 pandemic and human fertility
Birth trends in response to the pandemic will vary according to socioeconomic conditions
The association between Covid-19 policy responses and mental well-being
Covid-19 Policy Interventions and Fertility Dynamics in the Context of Pre-Pandemic Welfare Support
This paper focuses on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to explain fertility dynamics during the pandemic, while considering countries' institutional context. We argue that containment policies disrupted people's lives and increased their uncertainty more in countries with weak welfare support systems, while health-related and economic support NPIs mitigated such disruptions much more there, as they were less expected by citizens. We estimat…
The Covid-19 pandemic and human fertility
Birth trends in response to the pandemic will vary according to socioeconomic conditions
Early assessment of the relationship between the Covid-19 pandemic and births in high-income countries
Drawing on past pandemics, scholars have suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic will bring about fertility decline. Evidence from actual birth data has so far been scarce. This brief report uses data on vital statistics from a selection of high-income countries, including the United States. The pandemic has been accompanied by a significant drop in crude birth rates beyond that predicted by past trends in 7 out of the 22 countries considered, with …
The association between Covid-19 policy responses and mental well-being
Covid-19 Policy Interventions and Fertility Dynamics in the Context of Pre-Pandemic Welfare Support
This paper focuses on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to explain fertility dynamics during the pandemic, while considering countries' institutional context. We argue that containment policies disrupted people's lives and increased their uncertainty more in countries with weak welfare support systems, while health-related and economic support NPIs mitigated such disruptions much more there, as they were less expected by citizens. We estimat…
Fertility Dynamics across High‐Income Countries in a New Era of Polycrisis
The COVID‐19 pandemic opened a polycrisis of interrelated disruptions and compounding economic and subjective uncertainty that likely shaped fertility in high‐income countries, especially in its second phase, in which the Ukraine war was a major source and amplifier of uncertainty. Yet fertility evidence remains largely limited to the pandemic. We estimate monthly “excess” total fertility rates (TFRs) and find that declines compared to projected …
Economics (3 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works) · Fertility (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Birth rate (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (2 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Development economics (2 works)