Does paying child support impoverish fathers in the United States, Finland, and the United Kingdom?

Mia Hakovirta, Daniel R. Meyer and Christine Skinner

Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 106, issue C

Abstract: The increased frequency of divorce, separation, and nonmarital childbearing over the past several decades has contributed to the rise of parents not living with their children in the same household. These nonresident parents are typically fathers, many of whom are obligated to share the economic responsibility for their children across households by paying child support. This study uses Luxemburg Income Study (LIS) datasets from the year 2013 to study the characteristics of fathers paying support and the relationship between child support and poverty among fathers (and mothers) in Finland, the UK, and the U.S.

Keywords: Child support; Nonresident fathers; Single mothers; Comparative study; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104485

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