The impact of child support enforcement policy on nonmarital childbearing

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-98

  Plotnick, Robert D ^a   Garfinkel, Irwin ^b   McLanahan, Sara S ^c   Ku, Inhoe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33846123940     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20228     Document Type: Review

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