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The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality and the impact of related policies and programs. As the National Poverty Research Center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, IRP coordinates the U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers in an integrated set of activities with the ultimate goal of improving the effectiveness of public policies to reduce poverty and inequality and their impacts on the well-being of the American people.

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W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation
Phase 1: Final Report, April 2001

Principal Investigators: Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian

Volume I: Effects of the Experiment

Full text of Volume I (pdf, 738 KB)

Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Implementation of the W-2 Child Support Reform
Chapter 3: Data, Sample, and Methods for Evaluating the Child Support Reform
Chapter 4: Experimental Impacts
Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions
Appendices
References

Volume II:The Well-Being of W-2 Families

Executive Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1: Implementation of W-2
Chapter 2: Child Support among W-2 Participants
Chapter 3: Paternity Establishment and Child Support Orders among W-2 Participants
Chapter 4: Program Participation of Mothers on W-2
Chapter 5: Patterns of Labor Market Performance among Low-Income Wisconsin Single Mothers
Chapter 6: Mother's Income and Economic Well-Being
Chapter 7: The Employment and Earnings of Nonresident Fathers in Wisconsin
Chapter 8: Nonresident Fathers' Involvement with Children: A Look at Families on W-2
Chapter 9: Child Well-Being among W-2 Families

Volume III: Technical Reports

Technical Report 1: Experimental Design
Technical Report 2: Implementation of the Demonstration
Technical Report 3: Administrative Data Sources
Technical Report 4: Samples and Weighting
Technical Report 5: Design and Content of the Survey of Wisconsin Works Families
Technical Report 6: Nonresponse in the Survey of Wisconsin Works Families

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