Intra-household allocation of resources: inferences from non-resident fathers' child support payments

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A large proportion of divorced and separated fathers form new partnerships. The new partners preferences are likely to put a much lower weight (if any) on expenditures on the mans children from his previous union. As a consequence, his own and his partners income would have different impacts on his child support payments if partners relative incomes affect bargaining power in household decisions. This paper exploits within-father variation in the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2003) to estimate the impacts of partners incomes on child support payments. We find that a higher share of fathers income in household income increases the probability of paying child support and its amount relative to household income.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2006-57

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Ermisch, John ; Pronzato, Chiara
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (wo): Colchester
• (wann): 2006

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• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/91994
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ