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The impact of child support on cognitive outcomes of young children

THE IMPACT OF CHILD SUPPORT ON COGNITIVE OUTCOMES OF YOUNG CHILDREN*

We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child data to address three questions. First, does the receipt of child support have beneficial effects for children with absent fathers apart from increasing income? Second, do the effects of child support differ when child-support awards and payments are made cooperatively as opposed to being court ordered? Third, are any positive effects of child support solely a product of unmeasured differences among fathers and families? Controlling for the socioeconomic characteristics of the child and family, we find some evidence that receipt of child support has a positive impact ...

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