Child support enforcement policy and unmarried fathers' employment in the underground and regular economies

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 791-810

  Rich, Lauren M ^a   Garfinkel, Irwin ^b   Gao, Qin ^c  

^a Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34848902309     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20286     Document Type: Article

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