The impact of child support enforcement on fertility, parental investment and child well-being
By: Anna Aizer, Sara McLanahan.
Contributors: McLanahan, Sara.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11522; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11522.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Child support.; Fertility, Human.; Illegitimate children.
Description: "Increasing the probability of paying child support, in addition to increasing resources available for investment in children, may also alter the incentives faced by men to have children out of wedlock.  We find that strengthening child support enforcement leads men to have fewer out-of-wedlock births and among those who do become fathers, to do so with more educated women and those with a higher propensity to invest in children.  Thus, policies that compel men to pay child support may affect child outcomes through two pathways: an increase in financial resources and a birth selection process"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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