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Antecol, Heather Bedard, Kelly |
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Teenage Delinquency: The Role of Child Support Payments and Father's Visitation In: The Law And Economics of Child Support Payments. William S. Comanor, ed. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2004: pp. 241-268 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Sexual Activity; Alcohol Use; Behavior, Antisocial; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Child Support; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Deviance; Drug Use; Family Structure; Fathers, Biological; Fathers, Influence; Fathers, Presence; Marital Status; Parents, Single; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. There is longstanding evidence that children raised by single parents are more likely to become sexually active, commit illegal acts and smoke at young ages. A number of past studies have also shown that youth outcomes are better among children whose mothers receive support payments from the non-custodial father. What has not been determined is whether the better youth outcomes are the result of higher maternal income or more visitation/involvement by the non-custodial father. If non-custodial father's who pay child support are also more likely to be involved in their children's lives, then what may look like an income effect may actually be, at least partially, a 'father effect'. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and the NLSY Child Supplement, we find that youth with absent fathers are more likely to partake in deviant activities. Somewhat surprisingly, we find very little evidence that child support receipt and father visitation effects youth behavior. The one exception is that youth who receive child support but rarely see their father are more likely than youth from other family structures to have sex and commit crimes at young ages. |
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Antecol, Heather and Kelly Bedard. "Teenage Delinquency: The Role of Child Support Payments and Father's Visitation" In: The Law And Economics of Child Support Payments. William S. Comanor, ed. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2004: pp. 241-268
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Comanor, William S. Phillips, Llad |
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Family Structure and Child Support: What Matters for Youth Delinquency Rates? In: Law and Economics of Child Support Payment. William S. Comanor, ed., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008: 269-287 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior, Antisocial; Child Support; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Income; Family Structure; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Influence; Fathers, Presence; Household Structure; Marital Status; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Editorial Reviews Book Description The delinquent payment of child support by non-custodial to custodial parents is a major problem throughout the United States. To many observers, the problem is one of 'deadbeat dads' - men who simply will not make the required payments. The solution has been to enforce payment by the imposition of increasingly stringent civil and criminal penalties. Despite these efforts, the percentage of single mothers receiving child support has changed very little over the past twenty-five years. The Law and Economics of Child Support Payments investigates why this is, and approaches the payment of child support as an economic problem. To understand the issues involved, leading lawyers and economists examine various facets of the child support system from a law and economics perspective. They consider the incentives faced by both custodial and non-custodial parents, and search for policy actions that are more incentive-compatible for all participants. The assumptions underlying current child support guidelines are discussed, as are the ways in which child support payments affect family structure, teenage delinquency and income disparities between parents. This comprehensive, provocative volume will be of considerable interest to policymakers, lawyers and parent advocacy groups, as well as to students of this timely issue. |
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Bibliography Citation
Comanor, William S. and Llad Phillips. "Family Structure and Child Support: What Matters for Youth Delinquency Rates?" In: Law and Economics of Child Support Payment. William S. Comanor, ed., Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008: 269-287
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