Child support assurance : design issues, expected impacts, and political barriers as seen from Wisconsin /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed by University Press of America, c1992.
Description:xx, 369 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Institute for Research on Poverty study
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1440287
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Other authors / contributors:Garfinkel, Irwin
McLanahan, Sara
Robins, Philip K.
ISBN:0877665621 : $56.00
087766563X (pbk.) : $25.00
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. An Overview of the Child Support Assurance System. 1. Findings of the Wisconsin Child Support Reform Project: Introduction and Summary / Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan and Philip K. Robins. 2. The Wisconsin Child Support Assurance System: From Plausible Proposals to Improbable Prospects / Thomas Corbett
  • Pt. 2. Was the Old System as Bad as it Seemed? 3. Noncustodial Fathers' Ability to Pay Child Support / Irwin Garfinkel and Donald T. Oellerich. 4. Inequality in Divorce Settlements: An Investigation of Property Settlements and Child Support Awards / Judith A. Seltzer and Irwin Garfinkel. 5. Custody and Visiting after Divorce: The Other Side of Child Support / Judith A. Seltzer. 6. Paternity Establishment in AFDC Cases: Three Wisconsin Counties / Sara S. McLanahan, Patricia R. Brown and Renee A. Monson
  • Pt. 3. What Are the Costs and Benefits of a CSAS? 7. Who Should Be Eligible for an Assured Child Support Benefit? / Daniel R. Meyer, Irwin Garfinkel, Donald T. Oellerich and Philip K. Robins. 8. The Economic Impact of Child Support Reform on the Poverty Status of Custodial and Noncustodial Families / Ann Nichols-Casebolt. 9. The Use of Normative Standards in Family Law Decisions: Developing Mathematical Standards for Child Support / Irwin Garfinkel and Marygold S. Melli. 10. The Effect of Routine Income Withholding on Child Support Collections / Irwin Garfinkel and Marieka M. Klawitter. 11. The Effect of Routine Income Withholding of Child Support on AFDC Participation and Cost / Marieka M. Klawitter and Irwin Garfinkel. 12. The Effect of Routine Income Withholding on the Labor Supply of Custodial Parents / Nancy Maritato and Philip K. Robins. 13. Effects of Child Support on Remarriage of Single Mothers / Kwi-Ryung Yun. 14. Public Opinion about a Child Support Assurance System / Thomas Corbett, Irwin Garfinkel and Nora Cate Schaeffer.