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The authors examine the development of child support payments in the United States over the course of the 1980s. They discuss what went right and what went wrong with child support payments during this period investigating the socioeconomic and legal factors that determined child support awards and receipts documenting why few gains were made in child support overall during the 1980s and offering policy recommendations for the future. The data are primarily from the U.S. census. They conclude that there were some minor improvements to the system due to changes in the legal and social environment surrounding child support although the real value of such support has declined sharply. The effectiveness of new federally mandated child support enforcement efforts are evaluated and the indirect consequences of child support are assessed. (EXCERPT)
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