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Title: Family Structure and Child Support: What Matters for Youth Delinquency Rates?
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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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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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