. Previous literature has focused on the adoption of debit cards by people who carry credit card balances, but so far there has … substitution away from credit cards to other payment methods. Using data collected in the 2005 Survey of Consumer Payment …

econometric models of consumers' adoption (extensive margin) and use (intensive margin) of checks plus six other common U …

transition to permanency via adoption. I first present an empirical analysis that yields four new facts. Thereafter, I develop a … quality. Interestingly, I find that match separation plays a crucial role in adoption by influencing the incentives of foster … parents to adopt. Due to the presence of a financial penalty on adoption, parents accept the penalty in exchange for …

Aimed at increasing the adoption rate of older children, Minnesota's 2015 Northstar Care Program eliminated the … adoption penalty (the decrease in fostering-based financial transfers associated with adoption) for children aged six and older … adoption rate of older foster children aged six to eleven increased by approximately 7 percentage points (22% at the mean) as a …

Since 1980 the federal government has implemented a variety of programs to promote the adoption of children from foster … 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 …

termination of parental rights, policy on international adoption must consider the tradeoffs between the best interest of the … to devote resources today to the oversight of international adoption in accord with child protections under the Hague …

Federal initiatives since 1996 have intensified the efforts of states to achieve adoption for children in foster care … with the case goal of adoption. For many waiting children, the path to adoption is long. We offer an economic analysis of … adoption from foster care, with an emphasis on the reasons why it may be so difficult to achieve the goal of adoption for all …

Adoption assistance entitlements support the adoptions of children whose birth parents’ rights have been severed after … experiences have left them with special physical, emotional, or behavioral needs. Previous studies of adoption assistance are … distribution of adoption assistance across and within states. The state-tostate variation payments is large, even after controlling …

waiting children and prospective adoptive families influences adoption creation. Cross-section time-series estimates are … adoption creation. Contracts for recruitment and orientation of prospective adoptive parents are particularly effective. …