This paper presents up-to-date estimates of the ability of nonresident fathers to pay child support. While no nationally representative data exist on the incomes of fathers, this issue has become more pertinent in recent years, as child support has become an important national issue. The authors find that fathers on average are able to pay nearly five times more in child support than they currently pay and also that low-income fathers can afford to pay substantially more than they actually pay. They also find that changes in nonmarital childbearing and the returns to education have had only minimal effects on trends in fathers' incomes. Copyright 1997 by The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.
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Volume (Year): 43 (1997) Issue (Month): 3 (September) Pages: 261-81 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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