%0 Report
        %A Bethmann, Dirk
%A Kvasnicka, Michael
        %T A Theory of Child Adoption
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6689
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6689
        %X 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.
        %K children
%K fertility
%K demand for adoption
%K adoption
%K altruism