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: 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
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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
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No More Second-Class Taxpayers: How Income Splitting Can Bring Fairness to Canada’s Single Income Families [PDF]
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
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Earned income tax credit and crime [PDF]
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 ...
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Understanding Take-Up Of The Earned Income Tax Credit Among Californians With Low Income.
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
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Sozialhilfe versus Earned Income Tax Credit [PDF]
Sinn, Hans-Werner
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Rural Latino families in California are missing earned income tax benefits
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
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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
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Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) [PDF]
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
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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
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