Social Surrogacy: Market Design and Implications for Fertility

Federico Innocenti and Lucia Schiavon

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Abstract: We investigate theoretically the introduction of a market for commercial surrogacy for social motives. Agents have heterogeneous incomes and preferences for parenthood, and face pregnancy-related income reductions. In equilibrium, low-income agents provide surrogacy for high-income agents who seek “insurance†against income loss and would not become parents without surrogacy. Surrogacy has an ambiguous effect on fertility: it increases fertility only if the latter is low without surrogacy. Otherwise, its impact on fertility is negative.

Keywords: Surrogacy; Fertility; Welfare; Labour Market. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2025
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