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Contents -- Contributors -- Conference Participants -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan, Daniel R. Meyer, and Judith A. Seltzer -- Part I. What Are the Policies and Who Are the Fathers? -- Chapter 1. A Brief History of Child Support Policies in the United States / Irwin Garfinkel, Daniel R. Meyer, and Sara S. McLanahan -- Chapter 2. A Patchwork Portrait of Nonresident Fathers / Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan, and Thomas L. Hanson -- Part II. How Does Child Support Enforcement Affect Fathers?

Describes a Columbia U "hands on" course in producing a research study. The focus is on poverty-related topics like trends/causes of poverty/inequality, & the role of wealth. Students are introduced to large data sites available for research & are required to turn in short written assignments weekly. Considerable class time is devoted to helping students with prospect formulation, analytical procedures, & statistical issues. A final research paper is due at the end of the semester. Adapted from the source document.

This article describes existing child support practice in the United States, giving attention to the establishment and enforcement of parental child support obligations as well as to publicly provided child support benefits. Effects of the current system on alleviating poverty are assessed. The article addresses several questions. Should low-income absent parents be excused from the obligation to support their children? Can child support provide more generous benefits to single-parent families while minimizing incentives for the formation of single-parent families? Should children in single-parent families be aided by a welfare program? What are the problems with the current child support system? Finally, a proposal for a new child support insurance system is described, along with estimates of the costs of the system and its effects on poverty and welfare dependence. The relationship of estimated benefits to costs is promising enough to warrant trying out the new system in selected jurisdictions.

A description of existing child support practice in the US, giving attention to the establishment & enforcement of parental child support obligations as well as to publicly provided child support benefits. Effects of the current system on alleviating poverty are assessed. Several questions are addressed: Should low-income absent parents be excused from the obligation to support their children? Can child support provide more generous benefits to single-parent families while minimizing incentives for the formation of single-parent families? Should children in single-parent families be aided by a welfare program? What are the problems with the current child support system? Finally, a proposal for a new child support insurance system is described, along with estimates of the costs of the system & its effects on poverty & welfare dependency. The relationship of estimated benefits to costs is promising enough to warrant trying out the new system in selected jurisdictions. 1 Table. HA