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.
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Final Impact Findings from the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED)
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Robert G. Wood
- Report
- March 2019
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Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) Evaluation: Survey Methodology Report
- Jennifer Herard-Tsiagbey, Emily Weaver, and Quinn Moore
- Discussion Paper
- March 2019
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How are Child Support Burdens Related to Child Support Payments, Compliance, and Regularity?
- Leslie Hodges, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian
- Report
- March 2019
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Potential Effects of a Self-Support Reserve in Wisconsin
- Maria Cancian, Molly Costanzo, Angela Guarin, Leslie Hodges, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- March 2019
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Lenna Nepomnyaschy on the Role of Fathers in Reducing Inequality in Child Outcomes
- Lenna Nepomnyaschy
- Podcasts
- January 2019
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Closures of Unenforceable Cases: A Review of Child Support Agency Practice
- Molly Costanzo
- Report
- December 2018
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States’ Treatment of High-Income Payers
- Molly Costanzo
- Report
- December 2018
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Post-Divorce Placement Arrangements and Children’s Test Scores
- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Report
- July 2018