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Using Subsidies to Promote the Adoption of Children from Foster Care

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Mary Eschelbach Hansen () (Department of Economics, American University)
Abstract

Since 1980 the federal government has implemented a variety of programs to promote the adoption of children from foster care. A key part of these programs has been the use of subsidies to lower the cost of adopting and parenting children from foster care. Although subsidies are a key part of federal policy there has been relatively little empirical research on the effect of subsidies on adoption rates. This paper uses data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis System to estimate the impact of subsidy rates on adoption rates. Subsidies to families that adopt children from foster care have a positive and statistically significant effect on adoption rates. A one percent increase in average subsidies increases adoption rates by as much as 0.20 percent.

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Paper provided by American University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2005-15.

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Date of creation: Dec 2005
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Keywords: Adoption; foster care; subsidies; child welfare policy;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
K3 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law

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  1. Arellano, Manuel & Bond, Stephen, 1991. "Some Tests of Specification for Panel Data: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application to Employment Equations," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 58(2), pages 277-97, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Gennetian, Lisa A, 1999. "The Supply of Infants Relinquished for Adoption: Did Access to Abortion Make a Difference?," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 37(3), pages 412-31, July.
  3. Wilson, Julie Boatright & Katz, Jeff & Geen, Robert, 2005. "Listening to Parents: Overcoming Barriers to the Adoption of Children from Foster Care," Working Paper Series rwp05-005, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. [Downloadable!]
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