Nepomnyaschy Lenna, Magnuson Katherine, Berger Lawrence M
Rutgers University.
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Soc Serv Rev. 2012 Mar 1;86(1):3-35. doi: 10.1086/665668.
This study examines the effects of nonresident fathers' provision of formal and informal cash child support on children's cognitive skills and behavior at 5 years of age. Taking advantage of the panel structure of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we control for child outcomes at age 3 and a rich set of child and family sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics. We find that fathers' provision of informal cash support (but not formal support), particularly at or above the median, is associated with higher cognitive scores. We also find that provision of formal child support is associated with worse withdrawn and aggressive behaviors. We discuss potential explanations and implications of these results for policy and future research.
本研究考察了非居民父亲提供正式和非正式现金子女抚养费对孩子5岁时认知技能和行为的影响。利用脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究的面板结构，我们控制了孩子3岁时的结果以及一系列丰富的儿童和家庭社会人口学及心理社会特征。我们发现，父亲提供非正式现金支持（而非正式支持），尤其是达到或高于中位数时，与更高的认知得分相关。我们还发现，提供正式子女抚养费与更严重的退缩和攻击性行为相关。我们讨论了这些结果的潜在解释及其对政策和未来研究的影响。
