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Assesses how changes in policy and practice have improved the establishment of paternity and obtaining support for illegitimate children; US, 1979-86.

An attempt is made to measure the extent to which recent changes in policy & practice have generated improvement in establishing paternity & obtaining child support orders for children born outside of marriage. A rough estimate of trends in adjudication rates is obtained by comparing the number of paternities established each year, using data from state offices of child support enforcement, the National Center for Health Statistics, the US Census, & Current Population Surveys for 1976-1986. Findings indicate that though there has been improvement across time, significant numbers of out-of-wedlock children still do not have legally identified fathers or child support orders. 5 Tables, 17 References. Adapted from the source document.

Effects on the size and regularity of payments; based on court records from 20 Wisconsin counties, 1980-86.

To evaluate the effects of the Wisc Child Support Assurance System, data were collected from the court records of 6,400 child support cases that entered the Wisc court system between 1980 & 1986 in 10 pilot counties & 10 matched control counties. Focus was on the effects of routine income withholding on the size & regularity of child support payments. Difficulties in measuring these effects are described. With this in mind, results are presented that indicate that routine income withholding increases child support payments by 11% to 30%. 9 Tables, 1 Figure, 2 Appendixes. Modified AA

Introduction / Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, and Christopher Wimer -- The great recession and economic well-being / Irwin Garfinkel and Natasha Pilkauskas -- The great recession and public and private transfers / Natasha Pilkauskas and Irwin Garfinkel -- The great recession and mothers' and father's health / Janet Currie and Valentina Duque -- The great recession and parents' relationships / Sara McLanahan, Daniel Schneider, and Kristin Harknett -- The great recession and nonresident father involvement / Ronald Mincy and Elia de la Cruz -- The great recession and mothers' and fathers' parenting / William Schneider, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Jane Waldfogel -- The great recession and children's well-being / William Schneider, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Jane WaldfogelIndex -- Index

L'article trace l'évolution des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté depuis 1965. Il décrit ensuite, statistiques à l'appui, les effets des politiques de transferts de revenu sur la pauvreté, l'insécurité et l'inégalité économique, puis sur le travail, l'épargne et la famille. Il établit que les politiques de transferts de revenu ont contribué à réduire la pauvreté et les inégalités mais qu'elles n'ont eu qu'un effet palliatif et provisoire. Elles n'ont pas réussi à augmenter la participation des pauvres au marché du travail. Promouvoir une telle participation exige une intervention sur plusieurs fronts : l'éducation, la qualification professionnelle, les politiques de soutien du revenu, etc. Aucune formule simple ou appliquée de façon isolée ne peut avoir d'impact significatif sur le problème. Les auteurs formulent une série de propositions susceptibles de renforcer la lutte contre la pauvreté.