We review research on the dynamics and distribution of individual earnings and family income. We start with univariate … earnings models, which dominate the literature and are often used as the exogenous component of family income in structural … family income that integrate individual earnings, marriage (accounting for marital sorting), and earnings of a spouse (if …

focuses on the labor supply responses of parents and the role of income, parenting skills, and early education as family … middle-income nations use direct cash aid--conditional or unconditional--as a central policy strategy, with demonstrated …

life. For the average low-income single-child family in our sample this difference amounts to roughly $1,300, or 10 percent … of income. Using the universe of administrative federal tax data in selected years, we show that this transfer in infancy … first child leads to persistent increases in family income that likely contribute to the downstream effects on children …

' labor supply and saving assuming standard preferences. The system incorporates kinks from federal personal income tax … brackets, Social Security's FICA tax, and a notch from the provision of basic income below a threshold. The GLO reproduces …

This paper examines the intergenerational effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on poverty and public …