Institute'for Researchon Poverty Special Report Series Wisconsin Study Of~absent . Fathersf Ability to Pay More Child Support Wisconsin Study of absent Fathers' Ability to Pay More Child Support
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M~Donald was the principal investigator and wrote most of the report. Moran did virtually all of the computer work and wrote the rest of the report. Garfinkel supervised data collection, designed the research project, and was the principal author of the funding proposal.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison Institute for Research on Poverty
The paper reviews findings from recent descriptive data on child support and estimates a multivariate model of the determination of child support income. The descriptive data show large differentials in award status among sociodemographic subgroups of women. Once an award has been made, variation in recipiency rates is small. Payments constitute a significant part of the incomes of women receiv...
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