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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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