Understanding how child-support arrears reached $18 billion in California

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 312-316

  Sorensen, Elaine ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 4043147872     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041301830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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