The US earned income tax credit, its effects, and possible reforms

Bruce D. Meyer

In this paper, I first summarize how the US Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) operates and describe the characteristics of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its effects on labor supply. Next, I discuss a few policy concerns about the EITC: possible negative effects on hours of work and marriage, and problems of compliance with the tax system. I then briefly discuss some possible reforms to the structure of the current EITC. -- Welfare reform ; Earned income tax credit ; EITC ; Earnings subsidies ; Tax credits ; Poverty

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Year of publication:	17 May 2008
Other Persons:	Meyer, Bruce D. (contributor)
Publisher:	Uppsala : Inst. for Labour Market Policy Evaluation
Subject:	Sozialpolitik \| Social policy \| Niedrigeinkommen \| Low income \| Steuerpolitik \| Tax policy \| Familienbesteuerung \| Family taxation \| Steuervergünstigung \| Tax incentive \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Armut \| Poverty \| USA \| United States \| 2007

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Extent:	Online-Ressource, 34 S. = 279 KB, Text
Series:	Working paper / IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation. - Uppsala : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1651-1166, ZDB-ID 2193026-0. - Vol. 2008.14
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/45762 [Handle]
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; J38 - Public Policy
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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