Knowledge of Child Support Policy Rules: How Little We Know
Abstract
People participating in a demonstration project on Wisconsin child
support and welfare had little knowledge about child support
policy rules. This research, one of the few that examine how
much individuals know about policy rules that could affect them,
suggests that poeple tend to learn policy rules through
experience. The authors find less consistent support for
knowledge being imparted during interactions with caseworkers.
They discuss the implications of the lack of participant
knowledge for policy evaluations.