W-2 Child Support Demonstration
Evaluation
Phase 1: Final Report, April 2001
Principal Investigators: Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian
Volume I: Effects of the Experiment
Full text of Volume I (pdf, 738 KB)
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Implementation
of the W-2 Child Support Reform
Chapter 3: Data, Sample, and Methods
for Evaluating the Child Support Reform
Chapter 4: Experimental Impacts
Chapter
5: Summary and Conclusions
Appendices
References
Volume II:The Well-Being of W-2 Families
Executive Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1: Implementation of W-2
Chapter 2: Child Support among W-2 Participants
Chapter 3: Paternity Establishment and Child Support Orders among W-2
Participants
Chapter 4: Program Participation of Mothers on W-2
Chapter 5: Patterns of Labor Market Performance among Low-Income Wisconsin
Single Mothers
Chapter 6: Mother's Income and Economic Well-Being
Chapter 7: The Employment and Earnings of Nonresident Fathers in Wisconsin
Chapter 8: Nonresident Fathers' Involvement with Children: A Look at
Families on W-2
Chapter 9: Child Well-Being among W-2 Families
Volume III: Technical Reports
Technical Report 1: Experimental Design
Technical Report 2: Implementation of the Demonstration
Technical Report 3: Administrative Data Sources
Technical Report 4: Samples and Weighting
Technical Report 5: Design and Content of the Survey of Wisconsin Works
Families
Technical Report 6: Nonresponse in the Survey of Wisconsin Works Families