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The iPhone lowered the birth rate, new paper finds
New academic papers argue the 2007 iPhone launch contributed to falling US birth rates. Economist Caitlin Myers found iPhone access drove up to half the 2007-2011 decline, strongest in 15-to-24 year olds. A separate study of 128 countries linked mainstream smartphones to lower teenage fertility rates.
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