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Modes of Interaction Between Divorced Parents
Author(s) -
Flinn Christopher J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.658
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1468-2354
pISSN - 0020-6598
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2354.00076
Subject(s) - enforcement , child support , welfare , compliance (psychology) , value (mathematics) , order (exchange) , state (computer science) , point (geometry) , economics , psychology , microeconomics , social psychology , political science , computer science , mathematics , statistics , law , geometry , finance , algorithm , market economy
I develop a model in which exact compliance with child support orders is synonymous with cooperative outcomes with respect to child good expenditures. The child support order imposed by institutional agents serves as focal point for the problem of dividing the gains from cooperation. Compliance is observed when the gains from cooperation exceed the value of noncooperation for both parents. The model is estimated using administrative data from the state of Wisconsin. My estimates imply that increasing child support enforcement activities may have weak effects on the welfare of children of divorced parents.