The Earned Income Tax Credit and Food Consumption Patterns

The Earned Income Tax Credit is unique among social programs in that benefits are not paid out evenly across the calendar year. We exploit this feature of the EITC to investigate how the credit influences the food expenditure patterns of eligible households. We find that eligible households spend relatively more on healthy items including fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, and dairy products during the months when most refunds are paid.

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Year of publication:	2013-11-30
Authors:	McGranahan, Leslie ; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore
Institutions:	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Subject:	Earned Income Tax Credit \| Obesity \| Healthy Eating \| Food Expenditures

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Working Paper Series Number WP-2013-14 38 pages
Classification:	H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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