1. Early Assessment of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Births in High-Income Countries • Arnstein Aassve, Bocconi University; Nicolò Cavalli, Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi; Letizia Mencarini, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; Seth Sanders, Department of Economics, Cornell University.

2. The impact of the Covid pandemic on natality and fertility in France • Sandra Brée, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Didier Breton, Université de Strasbourg and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED).

3. Effects of the Haiti 2010 Earthquake on Fertility • Hilde Orderud, European University Institute; Juho Härkönen, European University Institute.

4. Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Has HIV contributed to Fertility Stalls? • David Sánchez Páez, Université Catholique de Louvain; Bruno D. Schoumaker, Universite catholique de Louvain (UCL).