Potential mechanisms linking poverty alleviation and health: an analysis of benefit spending among recipients of the U.S. earned income tax credit [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest U.S. poverty alleviation program for low-income families, disbursed annually as a lump-sum tax refund. Despite its well-documented health impacts, the mechanisms through which the EITC affects
Rita Hamad +4 more
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Estimating the effect of timing of earned income tax credit refunds on perinatal outcomes: a quasi-experimental study of California births [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background The largest poverty alleviation program in the US is the earned income tax credit (EITC), providing $60 billion to over 25 million families annually.
Deborah Karasek +15 more
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Potential gaps in income support policies for those in poor health: The case of the earned income tax credit—A cross sectional analysis [PDF]
SSM: Population Health, 2023 Background: The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the primary income support program for low-income workers in the U.S., but its design may hinder its effectiveness when poor health limits, but does not preclude, work.
Seth A. Berkowitz +2 more
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Effects of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credit Laws on Birth Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity [PDF]
Health Equity, 2019 Purpose: Health disparities persist in birth outcomes by mother's income, education, and race in the United States. Disadvantaged mothers may experience benefit from supplements to family income, such as the earned income tax credit (EITC).
Kelli A. Komro +3 more
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The Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Physical and Mental health-Results from the Atlanta Paycheck Plus Experiment. [PDF]
Milbank Q, 2023 Policy Points The Paycheck Plus randomized controlled trial tested a fourfold increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for single adults without dependent children over 3 years in New York and Atlanta.
Muennig P +5 more
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The Earned Income Tax Credit and Short-Term Changes in Parents' Time Investments in Children. [PDF]
J Fam Econ Issues, 2023 This study examined whether the addition of household resources via the receipt of the U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) affects short-term patterns of parents’ time investments in children, including time spent engaged with children and in activities
Morrissey TW.
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The effect of state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility on food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Rev Econ Househ, 2023 This paper uses data from the Household Pulse Survey to examine whether and for how long the eligibility to receive state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits reduced self-reported household food insufficiency among lower-income households with ...
Das V.
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Effect of Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to Americans Without Dependent Children on Psychological Distress. [PDF]
Am J Epidemiol, 2022 Antipoverty policies have the potential to improve mental health. We conducted a randomized trial (Paycheck Plus Health Study Randomized Controlled Trial, New York, New York) to investigate whether a 4-fold increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit for ...
Courtin E +5 more
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The Earned Income Tax Credit, Family Complexity, and Children’s Living Arrangements
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022 Demographic shifts over the last half-century have resulted in dramatic changes in family structure. These changes have implications for the social safety net because public assistance programs define families differently.
Katherine M. Michelmore +1 more
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JAMA Netw Open, 2022 This cohort study examines the association between cumulative Earned Income Tax Credit payments to families of children aged 0 to 14 years and risk of criminal conviction during adolescence.
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