Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300499 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 24-401
Publisher: 
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI
Abstract: 
Difference-in-differences analysis of linked administrative data estimates effects of a Minnesota policy change that increased the payments to adoptive parents and kin guardians for children ages 6 and older, making them equal to what foster care payments were, but didn't for younger children. Equalizing payments raised average academic achievement by 31 percent of a standard deviation three years after foster children's cases started, raised the value of payments by about $2,000 per child during this period, raised the monthly chance of moving from foster care to adoption or kin guardianship by 29 percent, improved school stability, and reduced school suspensions.
Subjects: 
human capital
child welfare
education
JEL: 
H75
I38
D19
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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