RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Fertility, Parental Investments, and Child Well-Being JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 28 OP 45 DO 10.3368/jhr.XLI.1.28 VO XLI IS 1 A1 Aizer, Anna A1 McLanahan, Sara YR 2006 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLI/1/28.abstract AB Increasing the probability of paying child support, in addition to increasing resources available for investment in children, also may alter the incentives faced by men to have children out of wedlock. We find that strengthening child support enforcement leads men to have fewer out-of-wedlock births and among those who do become fathers, to do so with more educated women and those with a higher propensity to invest in children. Thus, policies that compel men to pay child support may affect child outcomes through two pathways: an increase in financial resources and a birth selection process.