Helping Working Families : The Earned Income Tax Credit

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 - An Overview of the Earned Income Tax Credit -- 2 - Who Benefits from the EITC? -- 3 - The EITC and the Labor Market -- 4 - The EITC and the Family -- 5 - The EITC and Other Antipoverty Programs -- 6 - The Efficiency Cost of the EITC -- 7 - EITC Compliance Issues -- 8 - Reforming the EITC -- Erratum -- 9 - The EITC in the Twenty-first Century -- Appendix A: The Algebra of the Earned Income Tax Credit -- Appendix B: The Effect of the EITC on Labor Supply: An Indefference Curve and Budget Constraint Approach -- Appendix C: The Efficiency Cost of the EITC -- Appendix D: Variations on Proposed EITC Reform -- References -- The Authors -- Index -- About the Institute.