caa a22 4500 477055605 CHVBK 20180405111346.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961101xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/2061782 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.2307/2061782 Trends in child support outcomes [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas Hanson, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara Mclanahan, Cynthia Miller] This paper examines trends in child support award rates, award amounts, and receipts, We investigate four hypotheses that have been proposed to explain the downward trend in these outcomes during the 1980s: (1) changes in the demographic composition of the population eligible for child support, (2) increases in mothers/ income, (3) decreases in fathers' income, and (4) inflation. Our results indicate that trends in nonmarital fertility can explain much of the decline in award rates. The steady downward trend in fathers' incomes during the 1980s also explains a considerable portion of the decline in award rates, award amounts, and receipts. Our results are also consistent with the notion that persistent money illusion is responsible for the decline in real child support awards. Population Association of America, 1996 Hanson Thomas Department of Child and Family Studies, College for Human Development, Syracuse University, 13244, Syracuse, NY aut Garfinkel Irwin The Columbia University School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, USA aut Mclanahan Sara Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, USA aut Miller Cynthia Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, USA aut Demography Springer-Verlag 33/4(1996-11-01), 483-496 0070-3370 33:4<483 1996 33 13524 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061782 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061782 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hanson Thomas Department of Child and Family Studies, College for Human Development, Syracuse University, 13244, Syracuse, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Garfinkel Irwin The Columbia University School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mclanahan Sara Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miller Cynthia Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Demography Springer-Verlag 33/4(1996-11-01), 483-496 0070-3370 33:4<483 1996 33 13524 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer