The Effect of Child Support Payments on the Labor Supply of Female Family Heads: An Econometric Analysis
利用1979/1982年CPS数据，分析子女抚养费对离异或分居女性工作时长的影响，发现控制不可观测差异后，抚养费和其他非工资收入均减少劳动时间，但抚养费的抑制效应较小。
Recent Census Bureau statistics show that women who receive child support payments have higher earnings and work longer hours than women who do not. Does this suggest that child support-unlike all other nonwage income-does not deter work effort, or are women who receive it simply different? We use 1979/1982 CPS data on divorced or separated women to estimate the determinants of hours worked when AFDC participation and child support are endogenous. We find evidence of unobservable differences between women who receive child support and those who do not. Controlling for these, both child support and other nonwage income appear to reduce hours worked, but the deterrent effect of child support is considerably less.