Are Pornography and Marriage Substitutes for Young Men&quest

Michael Malcolm () and George Naufal
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Michael Malcolm: Department of Economics, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 700 South High Street, West Chester, PA 19383, USA.

Eastern Economic Journal, 2016, vol. 42, issue 3, 317-334

Abstract: Substitutes for marital sexual gratification may impact the decision to marry. Proliferation of the Internet has made pornography an increasingly low-cost substitute. We investigate the effect of Internet usage, and of pornography consumption specifically, on the marital status of young men. We show that increased Internet usage is negatively associated with marriage formation. Pornography consumption specifically has an even stronger effect. Instrumental variables and a number of robustness checks suggest that the effect is causal.

Date: 2016
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