Does paying child support impoverish fathers in the United States, Finland, and the United Kingdom?

dc.contributor.authorMia Hakovirta
dc.contributor.authorDaniel R. Meyer
dc.contributor.authorChristine Skinner
dc.contributor.organizationfi=sosiaalipolitiikka|en=Social Policy|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=sosiaalityö|en=Social Work|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.66363379232
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.97542429515
dc.converis.publication-id42029528
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/42029528
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-27T23:09:07Z
dc.date.available2025-08-27T23:09:07Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The increased frequency of divorce, separation, and nonmarital childbearing over the past several decades has contributed to the rise of parents not living with their children in the same household. These nonresident parents are typically fathers, many of whom are obligated to share the economic responsibility for their children across households by paying child support. This study uses Luxemburg Income Study (LIS) datasets from the year 2013 to study the characteristics of fathers paying support and the relationship between child support and poverty among fathers (and mothers) in Finland, the UK, and the U.S.</p><p>Results show that characteristics of fathers paying support were generally similar across countries. The amounts paid were lowest in Finland and highest in the U.S., as expected. For the poverty effects, few child support payers fall into poverty because of the amount of child support they pay in any country, but the increase in poverty rates due to paying support is clearly higher in the U.S. than Finland or the UK. More single mothers are drawn out of poverty by the receipt of child support in Finland than in the other countries, partly because the government guarantees child support. Finally, child support is an anti-poverty policy in all countries: the decrease in poverty among single-mother families from receiving support is larger than the increase in poverty among fathers paying support.<br /></p>
dc.identifier.eissn1873-7765
dc.identifier.jour-issn0190-7409
dc.identifier.olddbid203493
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/186520
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/36567
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dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2021042822778
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorHakovirta, Mia
dc.okm.discipline5142 Social policyen_GB
dc.okm.discipline5142 Sosiaali- ja yhteiskuntapolitiikkafi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationinternational co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA1 ScientificArticle
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.
dc.publisher.countryUnited Kingdomen_GB
dc.publisher.countryBritanniafi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeGB
dc.relation.articlenumber104485
dc.relation.doi10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104485
dc.relation.ispartofjournalChildren and Youth Services Review
dc.relation.volume106
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/186520
dc.titleDoes paying child support impoverish fathers in the United States, Finland, and the United Kingdom?
dc.year.issued2019

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