Arbeitspapier
A theory of child adoption
Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child increases in the degree of own altruism, infertility, relatedness to the child, costs of own child birth, and any adoption-specific monetary return that is received net of the costs of adopting the child. Our model makes several testable predictions which receive empirical support. These include a higher propensity to adopt among infertile adults, relatives, women with high earnings potential, and celebrities.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6689
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
- Thema
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adoption
demand for adoption
fertility
children
altruism
Familienrecht
Nachfrage
Fruchtbarkeit
Altruismus
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bethmann, Dirk
Kvasnicka, Michael
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bethmann, Dirk
- Kvasnicka, Michael
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2012
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