Is the iPhone Birth Control? Causal Evidence from AT&T’s 2007–2011 Carrier Monopoly
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The study looks at AT&T coverage to determine iPhone availability from 2007 to 2011 and how that correlated with fertility. The authors suggest the correlation could be caused by the iPhone “reducing in-person interactions, increasing pornography use, and reducing sexual frequency” according to national-survey evidence.