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Welfare, Child Support, and Strategic Behavior

Do High Orders and Low Disregards Discourage Child Support Awards?

Jennifer Roff
Journal of Human Resources, January 2010, 45 (1) 59-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.1.59
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vol. 45 no. 1 59-86
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.1.59
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received December 1, 2007
  • Accepted November 1, 2008
  • Published online January 27, 2010.
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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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