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.
Updating Estimates of the Costs of Raising Children with a Focus on Medical Support Costs
- Maximilian D. Schmeiser and Gina M. Longo
- Report
- December 2010
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