Child Support and Fathers' Remarriage and Fertility

Bloom, David E.; Conrad, Cecilia A.; Miller, Cynthia

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“…First, we include the amount of child support nonresident fathers paid in the last year on a monthly basis. In contrast to Bloom et al (1998), the effect of child support on the union formation of nonresident fathers is not statistically significant in either the multivariate or zero‐order models (results not shown). We also ran a similar set of models using any child support paid, rather than amount paid.…”

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“…Men who have been in a married or cohabiting union (including widowers) may be more likely to have a nonresident child and to form subsequent unions. Past research finds either no effect of education on marriage and cohabitation of men (Becker et al, 1977; Sweeney, 1997a, 1997b), or a positive relationship (Bloom et al, 1998; Clarkberg, 1999; Clarkberg et al). Fathers' education is positively related to visitation and the payment of child support (Braver, Fitzpatrick, & Bay, 1991; Maccoby & Mnookin, 1992; Veum, 1993).…”

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“…Both economic (child support) and social (visitation) measures of involvement are used, arguably the two most important indicators of involved nonresident parenting. Although one past study (Bloom, Conrad, & Miller, 1998) examined the effects of child support payments among divorced fathers on remarriage, the effects of visitation on entrance into marriage or cohabitation have not been examined.…”

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Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?

Stewart¹,

Manning²,

Smock³

2003

J of Marriage and Family

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ࡗ Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?Our study investigates whether fatherhood, and specifically involvement with nonresident children, influence men's entrance into marital and cohabiting unions. Using the National Survey of Families and Households, our findings suggest that neither resident nor nonresident children affect men's chances of entering a new marriage, but nonresident children have a positive effect on cohabitation. The positive association between nonresident children and men's union formation is not uniform; instead, we find that it is involvement with nonresident children, specifically visitation, that enhances men's chances of forming new unions. Whereas women's obligations to children from prior unions represent a resource drain that lowers their chances of union formation, our analysis suggests that involved nonresident fathers are more likely to enter subsequent unions than other men.

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Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?

Stewart¹,

Manning²,

Smock³

2003

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Through the collection of articles in the book Fathers Under Fire , Garfinkel et al, suggested that enforcing child support has both positive and unintended negative effects that should be considered. One possible negative effect is that vigorous child‐support enforcement may contribute to a decline in rates of remarriage, which ironically could do more to keep mothers impoverished than inadequate child support collection (Bloom, Conrad, & Miller, 1998). Another possibility is that increases in child support payments may lead to more serious parental conflict (Seltzer, McLanahan, & Hanson, 1998).…”

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Families in Poverty in the 1990s: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned

Seccombe

2000

J of Marriage and Family

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ࡗ Families in Poverty in the 1990s: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned During the 1990s, poverty rates in the United States remained relatively stable despite a robust economy in which unemployment and inflation were at their lowest points in many years. Approximately 13% of individuals, 11% of families, and 19% of children lived below the poverty line in 1998, a decline of only 1% or less for each of these categories since 1990. These high rates of poverty result in many severe consequences. This essay reviews the research and theoretical and conceptual developments during the past decade, including: (a) a background on how the poverty line was developed; (b) general research themes in the 1990s; (c) the causes of the virtually unchanged poverty rate; (d) the consequences of poverty, particularly for children; and (e) the lessons we have learned from research over the past decade, with some directions for the future.

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“…Bloom, Conrad, and Miller (1998) point out that, although CSE provides an incentive for a man to marry the mother of his children, the obligation it imposes reduces the likelihood that he will marry another woman. Hence, the net effect of CSE on men's marriage rate is ambiguous.…”

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Economic influences on marriage and divorce

Burstein

2007

J Policy Anal Manage

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Child Support and Fathers' Remarriage and Fertility

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Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?

Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?

Families in Poverty in the 1990s: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned

Economic influences on marriage and divorce

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