Garfinkel, Irwin; Gaylin, Daniel S.; Huang, Chien-Chung; … - Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint … - 2002
Most of the public discussion and academic analyses of nonmarital birthrates focus on women's fertility intentions and welfare. In contrast, we argue that stricter child support enforcement may lower nonmarital birthrates by raising the costs of fatherhood for men. The analysis is based on...