Research Archive

CSDA maintains a body of research that reflects the issues the child support and academic community is or has focused on in the past.  This archive is updated continually and is maintained by CSDA Research Vice Chair, Mark Takayesu and CSDA Policy/Communications Analyst, Natalie Metzger.  

The following documents are available for download (Please note: due to the sensitive nature of some of the research materials, some documents will be located on the Research Committee Members Only page.)


Arrears

 
OCSE - 2008
 
DCSS - 2008
 
Factors Associated with Non-Payment of Child Support
Institute for Research on Poverty - 2008
 
Urban Institute - 2007
 
 
Urban Institute - 2006
 
CLASP/Urban Institute - 2005
 
 
Center for Policy Research - 2002


California and Other State Comparisons

Office of the Inspector General - October 2007
 
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) - 2007
 
Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) - 2006
 
Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) - 2005
 


Cost Avoidance

Texas Child Support Division - 2008
 
Washington State Department of Child Support Services - 2007
 
Urban Institute - 2004
 
Urban Institute - 2001


Data Warehouse

Data Warehousing/Data Mining: Linking the Past and the Future
Washington State Department of Child Support Services - 2007
 
 

Guideline Calculator

 
An Economic Study of Recent Child Support Orders
Washington State Department of Child Support Services - 2002


Early Intervention

Early Intervention and Child Support Outcomes: Lessons Learned
University of Maryland Family Welfare Research and Training Group - 2009

Report on the Results of the Monterey County, California Child Support "Delinquency Prevention Program" Pilot Project, Department of Child Support services, Salinas, California
Monterey Department of Child Support Services - 2008

Reducing Child Support Default Orders in Colorado
Center for Policy Research - 2007

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Fatherhood

 
 
 
 


Incarceration

Journal of Poverty Law and Policy - 2007
 
Center for Law and Social Policy - 2007
 


Investment in Child Support

CA State DCSS - 2008
 
California Budget Project - 2008
 
 
Center for Law and Social Policy - 2005
 
 
The Urban Institute - 2000


Medical

United States Census Bureau - 2008
 
 
 

Performance

 
National Conference of State Legislatures - 2008
 
Center for Policy Research - 2007
 
 

Child Support Enforcement is Working Better Than We Think
Urban Institute - 1999

Child Support Enforcement: How Well is it Doing?
Urban Institute - 1999


Poverty

Does Debt Discourage Employment and Payment of Child Support? Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Institute for Research on Poverty - 2009 

The Importance of Child Support for Low-Income Families
Institute for Research on Poverty - 2003

Special Topics

Noncustodial Parents: Summaries of Research, Grants and Practices
OCSE - 2009

Driving High Performance in Government: Maximizing the Value of Public Sector
Shared Services

Accenture - 2009

Birthrates and Fertility Trends in California
Public Policy Institute of California - 2008

Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support
U.S. Census Bureau - 2007

Birthrates in California
California Counts - Populations, Trends and Profiles - 2007

Minority Families and Chid Support - Data Analysis
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) - 2007

Demographic Survey Results from Nine-State IV-D Programs
Urban Institute - 2007

Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2005
United States Census Bureau - 2007

 
Maternity Before Maturity - Teen Birth Rates in California
California Counts - Population, Trends and Profiles - 2003
 
 

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