Child Support Payments Benefit Children in NonEconomic as Well As ...
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In addition to improving childrens economic wellbeing child support brings ... Child support improves young childrens cognitive development even after ...
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Child Support Payments Benefit Children in NonEconomic as Well As Economic Ways Page 1www.clasp.org Center for Law and Social Policy (202) 9068000 1015 15thStreet NW Suite 400 Washington DC 20005Child Support Payments Benefit Children in NonEconomic as Well As Economic Ways Research Fact Sheet In addition to improving childrens economic wellbeing child support brings nonmaterial advantages such as higher academic achievement to the children who receive it. Child support improves young childrens cognitive development even after controlling for family income and other socioeconomic familybackground characteristics. The effects are strongest for AfricanAmerican children in separated/divorced homes and white children whose parents are not married.1 Young girls often experience academic difficulties when their parents separate. Receipt of child support ameliorates these negative academic affects.2 Receipt of child support also has a positive effect on the academic achievement of older children. Those who receive child support obtain significantly more schooling are more likely to finish high school and are more likely to attend college than those who do not receive support.3 There is also evidence that fathers who pay child support are more involved with their children providing them with emotional as well as financial support.41Argys L. Peters E. BrooksGunn J. & Smith J. (1998). The Impact of Child Support on Cognitive Outcomes of Young Children. Demography 35(2) 159173.2Badar N. & BrooksGunn J. (1994). The Dynamics of Child Support and Its Consequences for Children.In I. Garfinkel S. McLanahan & P. Robins (Eds.) Child Support and Child WellBeing (pp. 257284).Washington DC: The Urban Institute Press. 3Knox V. (1996). The Effects of Child Support Payments on Developmental Outcomes for ElementarySchoolage Children. Journal of Human Resources 31(4) 816840; Graham J. Beller A. & Hernendez P. (1994). The Effects of Child Support on Educational Attainm ...
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