Child Support Enforcement: Incentives and Well-Being

Author: Irwin Garfinkel, Theresa Heintze, Chien-Chung Huang Publisher: Joint Center for Poverty Research Publication: The Incentives of Government Programs and the Well-Being of Families Document Date:                  February 08, 2001 Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Single Parenting Related Categories: Children > Child Support Family Economics > Economic Hardship Parenthood/Childrearing > Child support Parenthood/Childrearing > Divorced/Separated Parenting Public Policy > Family   This study examines the effectiveness of stronger child support enforcement, and assesses the impact of legislation and enforcement policies on the economic well-being of single mothers.  It finds that child support is an important source of income for many women, but that many fathers will not pay unless the laws are strictly enforced. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link