[Contents]
Chapter 1. Introduction 35
Section 1. Background and Purpose 35
Section 2. Scope and Methods 38
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background of Child Support 43
Section 1. Definition of Child Support and Theoretical Review of Its Computation 43
Section 2. Previous Studies Home and Abroad on Child Support 48
Section 3. Implications of the Theoretical Background of Child Support 53
Chapter 3. Definition of Child Support in Korea and Guidelines 57
Section 1. Definition of Child Support in Korea 57
Section 2. Computations of Child Support in Korea 61
Section 3. Korea's Child Support System and Its Problems 69
Chapter 4. Definition of Child Support in Selected Countries and Guidelines 77
Section 1. Germany 77
Section 2. UK 109
Section 3. Australia 136
Section 4. New Zealand 163
Section 5. USA 187
Section 6. Implications 209
Chapter 5. Basic Analysis for the Computation of Child Support in Korea 215
Section 1. Discussion for Basic Analysis 215
Section 2. Child Support per Child by Household Characteristics 220
Section 3. Implications of the Results of the Basic Analysis for Child Support Computation 232
Chapter 6. Child Support Definition That Fits with Korean Society and the Guidelines 239
Section 1. Child Support Definition for Korea 239
Section 2. Child Support Guidelines 241
Chapter 7. Policy Recommendations and Conclusion 259
Section 1. Policy Recommendations 259
Section 2. Conclusion 266
References 269