Child Support Publications by Topic

An effort to categorize child support publications by research topic is underway. Click on the research topics below to view IRP Reports and Discussion Papers by topic.

Research topics:

Child Support Guidelines and the Costs of Raising Children

Child Support Orders and Payments

Custody and Placement

Paternity Establishment

Child Support and Related Social Policies

Complicated Families and their Policy Implications

Policy Knowledge and Implementation Issues

Child Support as an Income Source for Low-Income Families

Child Support Arrears and Related Policy

Child Support Pass-through and Disregard

Random-Assignment Evaluations

Ethnographic Research

Child Support Enforcement