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Intra-Household Allocation of Resources: Inferences from Non-Resident Fathers' Child Support Payments.

A large proportion of divorced and separated fathers form new partnerships. The new partner's preferences are not likely to put much weight on expenditures on the man's children from his previous union. Thus, his own and his partner's income would have different impacts on his child support payments...

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Published in:Economic Journal Vol. 118; pp. 347 - 363
Main Authors: Ermisch, John, Pronzato, Chiara
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell March 2008
Subjects:
Resource allocation > Mathematical models
Child support
Households & economics
Absentee fathers
Economic history
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