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Title: Accounting for Trends in Child Support
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2005
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Abstract: Since 1975, the U.S. government has passed several laws to improve the child support system. Contrary to expectations, after adjusting for inflation, average child support income declined over the early part of the reform period, falling by 24.3% between 1975 and 1989. It recovered to increase by 21.7% between 1989 and 2002. This amounts to a 7.9% decrease in child support income between 1975 and 2002. This paper identifies the factors that drive trends in child support income and provides an accounting method to measure their impact. Results show that a fall in fathers incomes was responsible for 76% of the early drop in child support, while 56% of the subsequent rise was due to improvedcompliance.
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Authors: Neelakantan, Urvi
Institution: University of Minnesota
Department: Economics
Advisor: Larry E. Jones
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Publisher Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Topics: Family and Marriage
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