Miller Daniel P, Mincy Ronald B
Boston University.
Soc Serv Rev. 2012 Dec;86(4):604-635. doi: 10.1086/668761.
This study examines how child support arrears affect fathers' labor force participation. It relies on longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study. Findings from analyses of these data suggest that child support arrears result in declines in average weeks worked in the formal labor market in subsequent time periods. These findings are driven by the behaviors of fathers who had relatively high amounts of arrears and no income in the previous year and are mostly robust to tests for selection into no work or low levels of work by fathers. Findings also suggest that arrears obligations that are low relative to income result in increases in the probability that fathers engage in any formal work. Arrears are not statistically significantly related to informal labor force participation. This study highlights both intended and unintended consequences of the growth in arrears under current child support enforcement policies.
本研究考察了子女抚养费拖欠如何影响父亲的劳动力参与情况。它依赖于脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究的纵向数据。对这些数据的分析结果表明，子女抚养费拖欠导致后续时间段内正规劳动力市场的平均工作周数下降。这些结果是由前一年拖欠金额相对较高且无收入的父亲的行为所驱动的，并且在对父亲选择不工作或低工作水平的检验中大多具有稳健性。研究结果还表明，相对于收入而言较低的拖欠义务会增加父亲从事任何正规工作的概率。拖欠与非正规劳动力参与在统计上没有显著关联。本研究凸显了当前子女抚养费强制执行政策下拖欠增长所带来的预期和非预期后果。
