Parental responses to child support obligations: Evidence from administrative data
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Parental responses to child support obligations : Evidence from administrative data. / Rossin-Slater, Maya; Wüst, Miriam.
I: Journal of Public Economics, Bind 164, 01.08.2018, s. 183-196.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental responses to child support obligations
T2 - Evidence from administrative data
AU - Rossin-Slater, Maya
AU - Wüst, Miriam
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - We study parental responses to child support obligations using rich administrative data from Denmark and variation in the child support formula. We estimate that a 1000 DKK ($160) increase in a father's obligation is associated with a 273 DKK ($45) increase in his payment. A higher obligation reduces father-child co-residence, pointing to substitution between financial and non-pecuniary investments. Further, obligations increase post-separation fertility among remarried fathers, but have no impacts on maternal fertility or either parent's labor supply. Our findings suggest that government efforts to increase child investments through mandates on parents can be complicated by their behavioral responses to them.
AB - We study parental responses to child support obligations using rich administrative data from Denmark and variation in the child support formula. We estimate that a 1000 DKK ($160) increase in a father's obligation is associated with a 273 DKK ($45) increase in his payment. A higher obligation reduces father-child co-residence, pointing to substitution between financial and non-pecuniary investments. Further, obligations increase post-separation fertility among remarried fathers, but have no impacts on maternal fertility or either parent's labor supply. Our findings suggest that government efforts to increase child investments through mandates on parents can be complicated by their behavioral responses to them.
KW - Child support
KW - Divorce
KW - Family
KW - Father involvement
KW - Fertility
KW - Labor supply
KW - Parents
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048981855&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.06.003
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85048981855
VL - 164
SP - 183
EP - 196
JO - Journal of Public Economics
JF - Journal of Public Economics
SN - 0047-2727
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ID: 216248056