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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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
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Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) Evaluation: Survey Methodology Report

  • Jennifer Herard-Tsiagbey, Emily Weaver, and Quinn Moore
  • Discussion Paper
  • March 2019
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How are Child Support Burdens Related to Child Support Payments, Compliance, and Regularity?

  • Leslie Hodges, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian
  • Report
  • March 2019
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Potential Effects of a Self-Support Reserve in Wisconsin

  • Maria Cancian, Molly Costanzo, Angela Guarin, Leslie Hodges, and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • March 2019
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States’ Treatment of High-Income Payers

  • Molly Costanzo
  • Report
  • December 2018