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Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

  • Scott Horsley
  • June 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

(Image credit: David Paul Morris)

Originally published at NPR Business

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