Athreya, Kartik B.; Reilly, Devin; Simpson, Nicole B. - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - 2014
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the single most important transfer program in place in the United States. An aspect of the EITC that has received little attention thus far is its role as a public insurance program. Yet, the structure of the EITC necessarily protects its primary class of...
