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Can child support compliance be improved by the introduction of a 'fairer' child support formula and more rigorous enforcement? The recent Australian experience

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dc.contributor.authorSmyth, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorVnuk, Maria
dc.contributor.authorSon, Vu
dc.contributor.authorRodgers, Bryan
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:09:13Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2019-11-25T08:06:15Z
dc.description.abstractChild support compliance continues to be a thorny policy issue. In Australia, major changes to the Child Support Scheme were introduced between 2006and2008, featuring a markedly different and purportedly fairer'system for the calculation of child support. Extra resources were also provided to the Child Support Agency (CSA) to ensure that child support is paid in full and on time. Did these initiatives lead to greater compliance by payers with their child support obligations? This article explores this question by examining child support compliance among several national random samples of CSA clients just prior to, 1 year after, and3 years after, the introduction of a new child support formula on I July 2008. The new formula and strengthened enforcement regime appear to have had very little impact on compliance behaviour in Australia.
dc.identifier.issn1322-9400
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/63391
dc.publisherLa Trobe University
dc.sourceJournal of Family Studies
dc.subjectKeywords: Child support; Compliance; Divorce; Enforcement; Policy evaluation
dc.titleCan child support compliance be improved by the introduction of a 'fairer' child support formula and more rigorous enforcement? The recent Australian experience
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage220
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage204
local.contributor.affiliationSmyth, Bruce, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationVnuk, Maria, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationRodgers, Bryan, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSon, Vu, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidSmyth, Bruce, u4436679
local.contributor.authoruidVnuk, Maria, u4648756
local.contributor.authoruidRodgers, Bryan, u9210598
local.contributor.authoruidSon, Vu, u2583692
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160301 - Family and Household Studies
local.identifier.absseo970116 - Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9406909xPUB800
local.identifier.citationvolume20
local.identifier.doi10.1080/13229400.2014.11082007
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84928680447
local.identifier.thomsonID000349084700003
local.type.statusPublished Version

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