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Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates? - NPR

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.

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Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates? - NPR

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Economist Caitlin Myers has a striking explanation for why women are having fewer babies: It's the smartphones.

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