The paper found that price does play a significant role in choosing a child to adoptâ€â€perhaps enough to overcome racial bias. But for the black child market to clear, prices must fall further. The paper finds the cost of adopting a black baby needs to be $38,000 lower than the cost of a white baby, in order to make parents indifferent to race. Boys will need to cost $16,000 less than girls.
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