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The ART of life: IVF or child adoption?

This paper analyzes the effects of child adoption on the utilization of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the US. Using state-level longitudinal data for 1999-2006, we show that ART use is responsive to changes in adoption markets. Controlling for state-specific fixed effects, the estimated elasticity of ART cycles performed with respect to child adoptions is about -0.13 to -0.15. The responsiveness is higher when we consider infant adoptions, adoptions by older women, and international adoptions while there is no substitutability between ART and adoption of related children. Our findings suggest that public policies regarding adoption, including subsidies, influence ART use.

Sprache: Englisch

Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4761

Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Demographic Economics: Public Policy

Thema: Child adoption
infertility treatment
assisted reproductive technology (ART)
in vitro fertilization (IVF)
Familienrecht
Fruchtbarkeit
Krankheit
Gesundheitsversorgung
USA

Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung

(wer): Gumus, Gulcin
Lee, Jungmin

Ereignis: Veröffentlichung

(wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

(wo): Bonn

(wann): 2010

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/36187

Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Arbeitspapier

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Gumus, Gulcin
Lee, Jungmin
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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2010

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