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Child support research in Australia : a critical review Cook, Kay, McKenzie, Hayley and Knight, Tess 2011, Child support research in Australia : a critical review, Journal of family studies, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 110-125. Title Child support research in Australia : a critical review Author(s) Cook, Kay McKenzie, Hayley Knight, Tess Journal name Journal of family studies Volume number 17 Issue number 2 Start page 110 End page 125 Publisher eContent Management Place of publication Maleny, QLD Publication date 2011 ISSN 1322-9400 Keyword(s) divorce children child support social policy policy analysis equity Summary The Australian Child Support Scheme impacts on the lives of many Australian families. Yet the Australian evidence base informing child support policy development is relatively sparse and lacks coherence. In this article, we employ an equity framework to consolidate the published Australian empirical child support research in order to identify gaps in current knowledge and assess the various layers of competing interest inherent therein. While researchers have begun to examine the financial outcomes of the new Australian Child Support Scheme, work is urgently needed to understand the effects that the new scheme has on children, payees and payers, and how these effects operate. We conclude by proposing an agenda for future Australian child support research that focuses on the aims of the scheme and the four equity principles we employ, namely, horizontal, vertical, gender, and intergenerational equity. Language eng Field of Research 160512 Social Policy Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30037004 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 04 Oct 2011, 10:59:42 EST Fri, 07 Oct 2011, 08:46:35 EST Mon, 13 Feb 2012, 13:02:49 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 16:57:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 127 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 04 Oct 2011, 10:59:35 EST by Jane Moschetti

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