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The market for foster care: an empirical study of the impact of foster care subsidies

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  • Joseph Doyle & H. Peters, 2007. "The market for foster care: an empirical study of the impact of foster care subsidies," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 5(4), pages 329-351, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:reveho:v:5:y:2007:i:4:p:329-351
    DOI: 10.1007/s11150-007-9018-x
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    1. Florence Neymotin, 2018. "The impact of state subsidies for family leave on foster care and adoptions," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 38(2), pages 870-879.
    2. Joseph J. Doyle, Jr., 2007. "Child Protection and Adult Crime: Using Investigator Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of Foster Care," NBER Working Papers 13291, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Marinescu, Ioana & Tan, Fei & Greeson, Johanna K.P., 2023. "Economic conditions and the number of children in foster care," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    4. Radostina Antonova & Gergana Nenova, 2025. "Bulgarian Foster Parents and Money: Strategies, Identity Work, and Relations With the Child," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 13.
    5. Gulcin Gumus & Jungmin Lee, 2012. "Alternative Paths To Parenthood: Ivf Or Child Adoption?," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 50(3), pages 802-820, July.
    6. Cameron Taylor, 2024. "Why do families foster children? A Beckerian approach," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 261-293, March.
    7. Anthony Bald & Joseph J. Doyle Jr. & Max Gross & Brian A. Jacob, 2022. "Economics of Foster Care," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 36(2), pages 223-246, Spring.
    8. Jeremy Thornton & Lisa Cave, 2010. "The Effects Of Organizational Form In The Mixed Market For Foster Care," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 81(2), pages 211-245, June.
    9. Kasey S. Buckles, 2013. "Adoption Subsidies and Placement Outcomes for Children in Foster Care," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 48(3), pages 596-627.
    10. Lovett, Nicholas & Xue, Yuhan, 2020. "Family first or the kindness of strangers? Foster care placements and adult outcomes," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
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    12. David Simon & Aaron Sojourner & Jon Pedersen & Heidi Ombisa Skallet, 2024. "Financial Incentives for Adoption and Kin Guardianship Improve Achievement for Foster Children," Upjohn Working Papers 24-401, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    13. Hayduk Iryna, 2017. "The Effect of Kinship Placement Laws on Foster Children’s Well-Being," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 17(1), pages 1-23, February.
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    15. Laura Argys & Brian Duncan, 2013. "Economic Incentives and Foster Child Adoption," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 50(3), pages 933-954, June.
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    17. Ahn, Haksoon & DePanfilis, Diane & Frick, Kevin & Barth, Richard P., 2018. "Estimating minimum adequate foster care costs for children in the United States," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 55-67.

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    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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