1/5 Adoptive parents prefer girls over boys by a BIG margin. The difference is equivalent to being willing to pay $20k more for a girl than boy, according to this (2010/2014) paper from @mariag_baccara @LYariv et al. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.6.3.133" co...
May 25, 2026
