Does Child Support Enforcement Reduce Divorce Rates?
利用美国各州面板数据，检验子女抚养费强制执行政策对已婚有子女夫妇离婚率的影响，发现该政策并无显著作用，与早期研究结论相反。
Abstract During the 1990s, expenditures on Child Support Enforcement increased dramatically, as did the amount of money collected in these efforts. This paper examines whether there is a link between the Child Support Enforcement program and the divorce behavior of married couples with children. Previous work, notably that of Nixon (1997), found a significant negative effect of Child Support Enforcement policy on the probability of divorce. However, using a panel of state divorce rates and policy variables, I find that, contrary to this previous study, Child Support Enforcement policy has no significant impact on divorce rates.