Child-adoption Matching: Preferences for gender and race
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Baccara, M; Collard-Wexler, A; Felli, L; Yariv, L
Published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
January 1, 2014
This paper uses a new dataset on child-adoption matching to estimate the preferences of potential adoptive parents over US-born and unborn children relinquished for adoption. We identify significant preferences favoring girls 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 consider the effects of excluding single women and same-sex couples from the process, and find that this would substantially reduce the overall number of adopted children. (JEL C78, J13, J15, J16).
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
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1945-7790
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1945-7782
Publication Date
January 1, 2014
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6
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3
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133 / 158
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- 3801 Applied economics
- 1402 Applied Economics
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Baccara, M., Collard-Wexler, A., Felli, L., & Yariv, L. (2014). Child-adoption Matching: Preferences for gender and race. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(3), 133–158. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.6.3.133
Baccara, M., A. Collard-Wexler, L. Felli, and L. Yariv. “Child-adoption Matching: Preferences for gender and race.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 133–58. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.6.3.133.
Baccara M, Collard-Wexler A, Felli L, Yariv L. Child-adoption Matching: Preferences for gender and race. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 2014 Jan 1;6(3):133–58.
Baccara, M., et al. “Child-adoption Matching: Preferences for gender and race.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 6, no. 3, Jan. 2014, pp. 133–58. Scopus, doi:10.1257/app.6.3.133.
Baccara M, Collard-Wexler A, Felli L, Yariv L. Child-adoption Matching: Preferences for gender and race. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 2014 Jan 1;6(3):133–158.
Published In
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
DOI
EISSN
1945-7790
ISSN
1945-7782
Publication Date
January 1, 2014
Volume
6
Issue
3
Start / End Page
133 / 158
Related Subject Headings
- 3801 Applied economics
- 1402 Applied Economics