- Geoffrey L. Wallace
- February 2005
- CSDE3-T-O
- Link to csde3-T-O (PDF)
Are fertility decisions are responsive to the strength of child support enforcement efforts? This project uses individual-level data from the 2001 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) along with state-level data on child support collection rates, welfare rules, and unemployment rates to assess whether the strength of state child support enforcement efforts has an effect on fertility and marriage among single women. The report finds little evidence that child support enforcement efforts have any effect on nonmarital fertility or marriage.
Categories
Child Support, CSDE, CSDE Report, Enforcement, Pass-Through & Disregard