This paper accounts for the value of children and future generations in the evaluation of health policies. This is … achieved through the incorporation of altruism and fertility in a "value of life" type of framework. We are able to express … intergenerational welfare comparisons. We show that, by incorporating altruism and fertility into the analysis, the estimated welfare …

Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical … treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child increases in the degree of own altruism …

Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical … treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child increases in the degree of own altruism …

Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical … treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child increases in the degree of own altruism …