Does Debt Discourage Employment and Payment of Child Support? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Loading...
Date
Authors
Cancian, Maria
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Chung, Yiyoon
Advisors
License
DOI
Type
Working paper
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Grantor
Abstract
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.