Does Debt Discourage Employment and Payment of Child Support? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
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2009Author
Cancian, Maria
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Chung, Yiyoon
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The authors find an inverse relationship between child support debt and a father's earnings and child support payments. Higher arrears are generally associated with lower payments and lower earnings for fathers, although the patterns vary with fathers’ age and work histories.