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Unwed fathers’ ability to pay child support: New estimates accounting for multiple-partner fertility

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  • Marilyn Sinkewicz
  • Irwin Garfinkel

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  • Marilyn Sinkewicz & Irwin Garfinkel, 2009. "Unwed fathers’ ability to pay child support: New estimates accounting for multiple-partner fertility," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 46(2), pages 247-263, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:46:y:2009:i:2:p:247-263
    DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0051
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    1. Dana Glei & Sara S. McLanahan & Irwin Garfinkel, 2002. "Assortative mating among unmarried parents: Implications for ability to pay child support," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 15(3), pages 417-432.
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    6. Miller, Cynthia & Garfinkel, Irwin & McLanahan, Sara, 1997. "Child Support in the U.S.: Can Fathers Afford to Pay More?," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 43(3), pages 261-281, September.
    7. Robert I. Lerman & Elaine Sorenson, 2003. "Child Support: Interactions between Private and Public Transfers," NBER Chapters, in: Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, pages 587-628, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    5. Vogel, Lisa Klein, 2020. "Help me help you: Identifying and addressing barriers to child support compliance," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
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    9. Terry-Ann L. Craigie, 2010. "Child Support Transfers under Family Complexity," Working Papers 1276, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
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    13. Hodges, Leslie, 2020. "Do low-income parents who receive unemployment insurance pay more child support?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    14. J. Bart Stykes & Wendy Manning & Susan L. Brown, 2013. "Nonresident Fathers and Formal Child Support: Evidence from the CPS, NSFG, and SIPP," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 29(46), pages 1299-1330.
    15. Chen, Yiyu & Meyer, Daniel R., 2017. "Does joint legal custody increase child support for nonmarital children?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 547-557.
    16. Vogel, Lisa Klein, 2020. "Barriers to meeting formal child support obligations: Noncustodial father perspectives," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    17. Evenhouse, Eirik & Reilly, Siobhan, 2010. "Women's multiple-partner fertility in the United States: Prevalence, correlates and trends, 1985-2008," MPRA Paper 26867, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    18. Maria Cancian & Daniel Meyer & Steven Cook, 2011. "The Evolution of Family Complexity from the Perspective of Nonmarital Children," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 48(3), pages 957-982, August.
    19. Maria Cancian & Daniel R. Meyer & Eunhee Han, 2011. "Child Support: Responsible Fatherhood and the Quid Pro Quo," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 635(1), pages 140-162, May.
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