WASHINGTON POST – May 2 – University of Montreal economist Andriana
Bellou says Internet “has the potential to reduce search frictions.”
Bellou exploits the fact that broadband arrived in the United States
unevenly during the 1990s and 2000s and compares the rates of adoption
with Current Population Survey data on marriage rates for Americans aged
21-30. What she found was that “marriage rates grew on average more in
states with greater increases in broadband penetration.” The data is
awfully messy, but there does seem to be a correlation:
In 2011, just 51% of American adults were married, down from 72% in 1960.
by Brad Plumer
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