TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bethmann, Dirk
AU  - Kvasnicka, Michael
        TI  - A Theory of Child Adoption
        PY  - 2012/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6689
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6689
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - children
KW  - fertility
KW  - demand for adoption
KW  - adoption
KW  - altruism
        ER  -