Irwin Garfinkel

TL;DR: This article examined whether state child support enforcement affects the likelihood of divorced parents choosing joint legal custody and whether such custody increases the involvement of nonresident parents in their children's lives, measured by child support payment and visitation.

TL;DR: It is found that children who grew up in neighborhoods with high collective efficacy experienced fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms during adolescence than similar children from neighborhoods with low collective efficacy.

TL;DR: The authors examined the effects of urban China's primary public assistance program (MLSA) on family expenditures and found that families receiving MLSA prioritized human capital investment (i.e., education and health) rather than making the ends meet (e.g., paying for food, clothing, rent, and utilities).

TL;DR: This article used data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey and the March Current Population Survey to calculate historical poverty estimates based on the new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) from 1967 to 2012, finding that historical trends in poverty have been more favorable than the OPM suggests and that government policies have played a growing role in reducing poverty.

TL;DR: The authors examined the extent to which the new child support guidelines being developed by the states in response to the Child Support Amendments of 1984 and the Family Support Act of 1988 can be expected to increase child support awards and payments.