The child support enforcement system plays a critical role in facilitating private income transfers from noncustodial parents to their nonresident children. It also functions as a cost-recovery mechanism for government expenditures on these children. The program serves a majority of custodial families and transfers a substantial amount of support. Moreover, child support receipt has been credited with considerably reducing poverty.

Income Support Policies for Low-Income Men and Noncustodial Fathers: Tax and Transfer Programs
- Ronald B. Mincy, Serena Klempin, and Heather Schmidt
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010

Child Support: Responsible Fatherhood and the Quid Pro Quo
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010

“I’m Not Supporting His Kids”: Noncustodial Fathers’ Contributions When Mothers Have Children with New Partners
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- April 2010

Reducing Child Support Debt and Its Consequences: Can Forgiveness Benefit All?
- Carolyn J. Heinrich, Brett C. Burkhardt, and Hilary M. Shager
- Report
- March 2010

Does Debt Discourage Employment and Payment of Child Support? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Maria Cancian, Carolyn Heinrich, and Yiyoon Chung
- Discussion Paper
- July 2009

Factors Associated with Nonpayment of Child Support
- Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han
- Report
- September 2008

Improving Medical Support Order Enforcement in Wisconsin
- Steven T. Cook and Thomas Kaplan
- Report
- September 2008

How Did the 2004 Change in Wisconsin’s Guidelines Affect Child Support Payments?
- Ingrid E. Rothe, Steven T. Cook, and Anat Yom-Tov
- Report
- January 2008

A Decade of Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment in Wisconsin: 1997–2007
- Patricia R. Brown and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- 2008

The Compliance of New Wisconsin Child Support Orders with the Wisconsin Guideline: Pre- and Post-2004with the Wisconsin Guideline: Pre- and Post-2004
- Ingrid Rothe, Jennifer Noyes, Lynn Wimer, and Anat Yom-Tov
- Report
- July 2007