treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child increases in the degree of own altruism …, infertility, relatedness to the child, costs of own child birth, and any adoption-specific monetary return that is received net of …

, education and infrastructure funding, and governments decide optimally on budget size (tax rate) and its allocation across the … two outlays. Productivity of government infrastructure spending can differ across regions. This assumption follows well … revenue and expenditure decisions is the optimal fiscal arrangement for the country when infrastructure spending productivity …

capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion of new technology and its regional spread; and market reforms, with a major … infrastructure capital on regional inequality. We conclude that investing in human capital will be an effective policy to reduce …