Child Support Policy Research

IRP’s decades-long collaborations with the State of Wisconsin have led to the development of consistent income standards for determining child support awards, multiple policy evaluations of child support policy and practice initiatives, and the collection of an extended and uniquely complete series of court records of child support decisions in select Wisconsin counties.

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Exploring Reasons for the Decline in Child Support Orders among Paternity Cases

  • Maria Cancian, Yiyu Chen, Eunhee Han, and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • October 2012
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Holding Child Support Orders of Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Final Evaluation Report

  • Jennifer L. Noyes, Maria Cancian, and Laura Cuesta
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  • September 2012
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Child Support and Income Equality

  • Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
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  • September 2012
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The Role of Child Support in the Current Economic Safety Net for Low-Income Families with Children

  • Kristen S. Slack, Lawrence M. Berger, Bomi Kim, Mi Youn Yang
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  • May 2012
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Fathers’ Investments of Time and Money across Residential Contexts

  • Marcia J. Carlson, Alicia G. VanOrman, and Kimberly J. Turner
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  • May 2012