The government-funded organisation makes the claim in its research, Evaluating the Evidence: Fathers, Families and Children.
The literature review, authored by Dr Kirsten Asmussen, was shown to ministers last November.
Asmussen said she believes the government wants better outcomes for children and families. But she said the recent green paper, Support for All, focuses too much on fathers' presence in services instead of actually ensuring services improve a father's relationship with his family.
"The government message appears to be more engagement is better, but how much more and why?" she said. "It is not cost effective to get fathers involved for the sake of it.
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