Is the iPhone birth control? Causal evidence from AT&T's 2007-2011 monopoly [pdf]
Summary
This paper uses AT&T's exclusive iPhone monopoly from 2007-2011 as a natural experiment to estimate the causal effect of iPhone ownership on birth rates, finding evidence that the iPhone may act as a form of birth control.
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