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

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  • 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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    4. Rich, Lauren M., 2001. "Regular and irregular earnings of unwed fathers: Implications for child support practices," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(4-5), pages 353-376.
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    1. Marcia J. Carlson & Daniel R. Meyer, 2014. "Family Complexity," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 654(1), pages 6-11, July.
    2. Yoonsook Ha & Maria Cancian & Daniel R. Meyer, 2018. "Child Support and Income Inequality," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(2), pages 147-158, June.
    3. Ronald B. Mincy & Elia De la Cruz Toledo, 2014. "Unemployment and Child Support Compliance Through the Great Recession," Working Papers 14-01-ff, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
    4. 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.
    5. Maria Cancian & Yiyoon Chung & Daniel R. Meyer, 2016. "Fathers’ Imprisonment and Mothers’ Multiple-Partner Fertility," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 53(6), pages 2045-2074, December.
    6. 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).
    7. 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.
    8. Kim, Yeongmin & Chung, Yiyoon, 2020. "Child support receipt among divorced mothers in Korea: Changes after the 2007 policy reform," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    9. Vogel, Lisa Klein, 2020. "Barriers to meeting formal child support obligations: Noncustodial father perspectives," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    10. 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.
    11. Allison Dwyer Emory & Daniel P. Miller & Lenna Nepomnyaschy & Maureen R. Waller & Alexandra Haralampoudis, 2020. "The Minimum Wage and Fathers’ Residence with Children," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 472-491, September.
    12. Lindsay M. Monte, 2019. "Multiple-Partner Fertility in the United States: A Demographic Portrait," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(1), pages 103-127, February.
    13. 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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    15. 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.
    16. 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.
    17. Laura Tach & Kathryn Edin & Hope Harvey & Brielle Bryan, 2014. "The Family-Go-Round," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 654(1), pages 169-184, July.
    18. Maria Cancian & Daniel R. Meyer & Deborah Reed, 2010. "Promising Antipoverty Strategies for Families," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(3), pages 151-169, August.
    19. McLeod, Branden A. & Gottlieb, Aaron, 2018. "Examining the relationship between incarceration and child support arrears among low-income fathers," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 1-9.
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    21. Colleen Wynn, 2016. "Paternal Multipartner Fertility and Child Neighborhood Disorder," Working Papers wp16-07-ff.pdf, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
    22. Hodges, Leslie, 2020. "Do low-income parents who receive unemployment insurance pay more child support?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    23. Maria Cancian & Daniel R. Meyer & Deborah Reed, 2010. "Promising Antipoverty Strategies for Families," Mathematica Policy Research Reports f945f7eaa0a84629bb0872ca4, Mathematica Policy Research.
    24. Yoonsook Ha & Maria Cancian & Daniel R. Meyer, 2010. "Unchanging child support orders in the face of unstable earnings," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(4), pages 799-820.

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