Report
Select project reports are available on our website, with a large collection of reports on a range of child support-related topics that are studied as part of a research agreement IRP has with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
Resources

Closures of Unenforceable Cases: A Review of Child Support Agency Practice
- Molly Costanzo
- Report
- December 2018

Post-Divorce Placement Arrangements and Children’s Test Scores
- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Report
- July 2018

Incarcerated Payers: A Review of Child Support Agency Practice
- Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- July 2018

County Performance and the Role of Incarceration
- Emma Frankham and Michael Massoglia
- Report
- July 2018

Wisconsin Poverty Report: Progress Against Poverty Stalls in 2016
- Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherine A. Thornton
- Report
- June 2018

Changes in the Incidence of Complex Families and the Implications for Child Support Orders
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- December 2017

Comparing Income-Shares and Percentage-of-Income Child Support Guidelines
- Maria Cancian and Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- December 2017

The Role of Formal Child Support in Children’s Academic Achievement
- Vanessa Ríos-Salas
- Report
- June 2017

Reducing the Interest Rate Charged on Child Support Arrears
- Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Serakos
- Report
- June 2017

Wisconsin Poverty Report: The Recovery from the Great Recession Lowers Poverty Rates in 2015
- Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherine A. Thornton
- Report
- May 2017