The Effect of Child Support on Selection into Marriage and Fertility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21557828 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Tannenbaum (corresponding author), Daniel I Tannenbaum |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 611-652 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Labor Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-306X • E-ISSN: 1537-5307 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/705928 |
| OpenAlex | W2900069535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper studies the expansion of US child support policies from 1977 to 1992 and its consequences for marriage and fertility decisions. I develop a model showing that child support enforces ex ante commitment from men to provide financial support in the event of a child, which (1) increases premarital sex among couples unlikely to marry and (2) reduces the abortion rate by reducing the cost of child-rearing to single moms. Using variation in the rollout relative to the timing of nonmarital pregnancy, I find that child support policies reduced the likelihood of marriage and reduced the abortion rate
Abortion · Biology · Child support · Demographic economics · Economics · Ex-ante · Fertility · Labour economics · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Sex selection · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |