The present paper investigates how parents responsible for child maintenance payments have re sponded to changes in the amount of obligations. The potential endogeneity of child support obligations is addressed by using SOEP panel data from 1985-2013 and applying individual FE-IV models. Results...

Canada has a broad and functional approach to the legal definition of the family, and gives significant legal recognition to social parents, who may seek custody or access, and will often have child support obligations. This paper deals with the controversies concerning the obligations of those...

The basic formula for adjusting a child support award to account for visitation or shared parenting is relatively simple. The form of the equation does not depend upon one's views with regard to whether the adjustment should be made directly in relation to time children spend with each parent...

We leverage non-linearities in Danish child support guidelines and rich administrative data to provide causal estimates of parental behavioral responses to child support obligations. We estimate that a 1,000 DKK ($149) increase in a father's obligation is associated with a 506 DKK ($75) increase...