An assessment of the federal child support guidelines

Sarlo, Christopher (author.). Fraser Institute (Vancouver, B.C.), (publisher,). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary: This paper is a critical evaluation of the Canadian Child Support Guidelines (Guidelines). The Guidelines are a regulation of the federal government and were established in May of 1997. This evaluation intends to deal comprehensively with the following aspects of the Guidelines: legal basis; the formula for determining the amount of child support; the economic research (or lack thereof ) underpinning the Guidelines; the possible biases underlying the construction of the Guidelines formula; the differential treatment of the separated parents; the possible net wealth transfers between the separated parents; and the potential adverse implications on families and children.

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Physical Description: remote
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1 electronic text (iv, 94 pages) : color illustrations.
Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Fraser Institute, [2014]
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"August 2014." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-86).
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive summary -- Section 1. Introduction -- Section 2. Understanding the child support guidelines -- Section 3. Problems with the guidelines -- Section 4. Significant matters ignored by the guidelines -- Section 5. The mathematics of the guidelines -- Section 6. Policy implications -- References.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.