Child Support

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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Can a redesigned child support system do better?

  • Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Robert G. Wood
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • July 2019
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Culture change: Implementing a new approach to child support

  • Jennifer L. Noyes, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Lanikque Howard
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • July 2019
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Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) Evaluation: Weighting Specifications

  • Amy Beyler, Nancy Clusen, and Emily Weaver
  • Discussion Paper
  • March 2019
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Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED): Findings from the Benefit-Cost Analysis

  • Quinn Moore, Katherine Anne Magnuson, and April Yanyuan Wu
  • Report
  • March 2019
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Maria Cancian and Dan Meyer on Final Results from the CSPED Impact Evaluation

  • Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Podcasts
  • March 2019
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Final Impact Findings from the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED): Technical Supplement

  • Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, Lawrence M. Berger, Angela Guarin , Leslie Hodges, Katherine Anne Magnuson, Lisa Klein Vogel, Melody Waring, Robert G. Wood, Quinn Moore, and April Yanyuan Wu
  • Report
  • March 2019
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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