Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36187 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4761
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the effects of child adoption on the utilization of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the US. Using state-level longitudinal data for 1999-2006, we show that ART use is responsive to changes in adoption markets. Controlling for state-specific fixed effects, the estimated elasticity of ART cycles performed with respect to child adoptions is about -0.13 to -0.15. The responsiveness is higher when we consider infant adoptions, adoptions by older women, and international adoptions while there is no substitutability between ART and adoption of related children. Our findings suggest that public policies regarding adoption, including subsidies, influence ART use.
Subjects: 
Child adoption
infertility treatment
assisted reproductive technology (ART)
in vitro fertilization (IVF)
JEL: 
I11
J13
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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