%0 Report
        %A Simon, David
%A Sojourner, Aaron
%A Pedersen, Jon
%A Skallet, Heidi Ombisa
        %T Financial Incentives for Adoption and Kin Guardianship Improve Achievement for Foster Children
        %D 2024
        %8 2024 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 17057
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17057
        %X Difference-in-differences analysis of linked administrative data estimates effects of a Minnesota policy change that increased the payments to adoptive parents and kin guardians for children ages 6 and older, making them equal to what foster care payments were, but didn't for younger children. Equalizing payments raised average academic achievement by 31 percent of a standard deviation three years after foster children's cases started, raised the value of payments by about $2,000 per child during this period, raised the monthly chance of moving from foster care to adoption or kin guardianship by 29 percent, improved school stability, and reduced school suspensions.
        %K child welfare
%K education
%K human capital