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Child-Adoption Matching: Preferences for Gender and RaceMariagiovanna BaccaraWashington University in Saint Louis Allan Collard-WexlerNew York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics; Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics Leonardo FelliLondon School of Economics - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Leeat YarivCalifornia Institute of Technology - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences October 2010 NBER Working Paper No. w16444 Abstract: This paper uses a new data set on child-adoption matching to estimate the preferences of potential adoptive parents over U.S.-born and unborn children relinquished for adoption. We identify significant preferences favoring girls and unborn children close to birth, and against African-American children put up for adoption. These attitudes vary in magnitudes across different adoptive parents – heterosexual, same-sex couples, and single women. We also consider the effects of excluding single women and same-sex couples from the adoption process. In our data, such policies would substantially reduce the overall number of adopted children and have a disproportionate effect on African-American ones. Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may download this paper without additional charge at www.nber.org.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 57 working papers seriesDate posted: October 12, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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