Laura M. Argys|H. Elizabeth Peters|Jeanne Brooks?Gunn|Judith R. Smith
The impact of child support on cognitive outcomes of young children
University of Colorado Denver|Policy Analysis (United States)|Cornell University|Families USA|Columbia University|Fordham University|Columbia University
use national longitudinal survey youthchild data address three questions first receipt child support beneficial effects children absent fathers apart increasing income second effects child support differ childsupport awards payments made cooperatively opposed court ordered third positive effects child support solely product unmeasured differences among fathers families controlling socioeconomic characteristics child family find evidence receipt child support positive impact childrens cognitive test scores contribution total income however effects vary test race reason fathers absence results also indicate distinction cooperative noncooperative awards important finally instrumental variables estimates show effects child support persist control unobserved characteristics fathers families