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The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Public Assistance: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit

open access: yesThe Journal of human resources, 2023
: This paper examines the intergenerational effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on poverty and public assistance use. Using data from the PSID, we find that increased exposure to the EITC in childhood reduces the use of public assistance in ...
Nicardo McInnis   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How does income affect mental health and health behaviours? A quasi-experimental study of the earned income tax credit

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2021
Background Although research has repeatedly demonstrated the association between poverty, mental health, and health behaviours, there is limited evidence on the effects of interventions to improve these outcomes by addressing poverty directly.
L. Shields-Zeeman   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

No More Second-Class Taxpayers: How Income Splitting Can Bring Fairness to Canada’s Single Income Families [PDF]

open access: yesThe School of Public Policy Publications, 2013
The Canadian personal income tax system does not pay much attention to whether the amount of money an individual brings home is supplemented by the income of a spouse or not.
Matt Krzepkowski, Jack M. Mintz
doaj   +4 more sources

Earned income tax credit and crime [PDF]

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, 2021
AbstractThis study examines the relationship between earned income tax credit (EITC) laws and crime. Using data from 1999–2017, a period with 73 state EITC changes, I evaluate the effects of state‐level EITCs on violent and property crime. Estimating difference‐in‐differences models, I find that higher EITCs are associated with significant reductions ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding Take-Up Of The Earned Income Tax Credit Among Californians With Low Income.

open access: yesHealth Affairs, 2022
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the largest poverty alleviation program for families with children in the US, and it has well-documented health effects. However, not all eligible families receive benefits.
R. Hamad   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rural Latino families in California are missing earned income tax benefits

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 2004
When properly accessed, the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) can boost a family's yearly income by more than $4,000. A study in Kern and Madera counties indicated that many, perhaps most, qualified low-income Latino families living in rural ...
K Varcoe, N Lees, M López
doaj   +2 more sources

Earned Income Tax Credit Receipt By Hispanic Families With Children: State Outreach And Demographic Factors.

open access: yesHealth Affairs, 2022
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the largest refundable tax credit for low-to-middle-income US families with children, has been shown to improve maternal and child health and reduce public spending on health.
Dana Thomson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
We review research on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), focusing on work appearing since the Hotz and Scholz (2003) review. Recent work has confirmed earlier findings that labor supply effects are positive for single mothers, smaller and negative for married mothers, and essentially nonexistent for men.
Austin Nichols, Jesse Rothstein
openaire   +2 more sources

Revisiting the effects of state earned income tax credits on infant health: a quasi-experimental study using contiguous border counties approach

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background To examine the effects of refundable state earned income tax credits (EITC) on infant health. Methods We use the restricted-access U.S. birth certificate data with county codes from 1989 to 2018.
Haobing Qian, George L. Wehby
doaj   +1 more source

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