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Drawing on original research, noted experts on child support analyze the extent to which new child support enforcement laws are being implemented; the benefits and costs of different kinds of proposed guaranteed minimum child support benefits; and the relationship between child support payments and child well-being, including educational attainment. The volume summarizes the history of the child support system and of the research literature to date, evaluates New York State's pilot Child Assistance Program, and provides concrete guidance for policymakers.

Drawing on original research, noted experts on child support analyze the extent to which new child support enforcement laws are being implemented; the benefits and costs of different kinds of proposed guaranteed minimum child support benefits; and the relationship between child support payments and child well-being, including educational attainment. The volume summarizes the history of the child support system and of the research literature to date, evaluates New York State's pilot Child Assistance Program, and provides concrete guidance for policymakers.

The University of Wisconsin's Institute for Research on Poverty has broken new ground in the welfare reform process by working with the state of Wisconsin to design and implement a new child support assurance system (CSAS) and estimating its costs and benefits. The objective of CSAS is to hold noncustodial parents to their child support obligations while at the same time guaranteeing a minimum benefit to single-parent families. Included in this volume are the major research products of that effort, plus several specially commissioned chapters.

The University of Wisconsin's Institute for Research on Poverty has broken new ground in the welfare reform process by working with the state of Wisconsin to design and implement a new child support assurance system (CSAS) and estimating its costs and benefits. The objective of CSAS is to hold noncustodial parents to their child support obligations while at the same time guaranteeing a minimum benefit to single-parent families. Included in this volume are the major research products of that effort, plus several specially commissioned chapters.

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1987-88.

The proportion of children living in households headed by single women in more than one in five. There is concern (and some evidence) that children of single parents are less likely to be successful adults. The book discusses the trends in public debate about this problem. In particular, it examines the issue of providing public assistance to such families and whether doing so fosters long-term welfare dependency.

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1987-88.

The proportion of children living in households headed by single women in more than one in five. There is concern (and some evidence) that children of single parents are less likely to be successful adults. The book discusses the trends in public debate about this problem. In particular, it examines the issue of providing public assistance to such families and whether doing so fosters long-term welfare dependency.

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