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Reducing Child Support Debt and Its Consequences: Can Forgiveness Benefit All?

  • Carolyn J. Heinrich, Brett C. Burkhardt, and Hilary M. Shager
  • Report
  • March 2010
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The “Great Recession” and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies

  • Gary Burtless
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • December 2009
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Income Poverty and Income Support for Minority and Immigrant Children in Rich Countries

  • Timothy M. Smeeding, Karen Robson, Coady Wing, and Jonathan Gershuny
  • Discussion Paper
  • December 2009
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Intergenerational Relationships and Union Stability in Fragile Families

  • Robin S. Högnäs and Marcia J. Carlson
  • Discussion Paper
  • December 2009
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Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty

  • Andrea Brandolini, Silvia Magri, and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Discussion Paper
  • November 2009
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Contracting Welfare-to-Work Services: Use and Usefulness

  • Pierre Koning
  • Discussion Paper
  • November 2009
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Experimental Estimates of the Barriers to Food Stamp Enrollment

  • Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
  • Discussion Paper
  • September 2009
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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