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Expenditures on children and child support guidelines

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  • Laurie J. Bassi
  • Burt S. Barnow

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This article examines the literature that estimates parental expenditures on children; describes the types of child support guidelines that are being used by the states; and compares how the child support awards that emerge from each state's guidelines compare to the empirical estimates of expenditure patterns on children. The findings indicate that the states' guidelines appear to be more or less consistent with the estimates of expenditures on children. In a few cases, however, the guidelines require less in support from the noncustodial parent than the parent would have spent on the child(ren) in an average intact family. In many other cases, the guidelines require child support payments that are very close to the lower bound of the estimates of expenditures. This article concludes with a discussion of the difficult value judgments that ultimately must be made in setting child support awards.

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  • Laurie J. Bassi & Burt S. Barnow, 1993. "Expenditures on children and child support guidelines," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(3), pages 478-497.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:12:y:1993:i:3:p:478-497
    DOI: 10.2307/3325302
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