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Labor Supply Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit : Evidence from Wisconsin Supplemental Benefit for Families with Three Children
Cancian, Maria - 2005
eligible parents in Wisconsin, which supplements the federal EITC for families with three children, to that of similar parents … have relied on changes in the EITC over time, or EITC eligibility differences for families with and without children, or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467225
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Racial Disparities in the Income Tax Treatment of Marriage
Holtzblatt, Janet; Joshi, Swati; Cahill, Nora R.; Gale, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Although it is generally blind with respect to race, the federal individual income tax can create racial disparities when factors that affect tax liability are associated with race. We provide new evidence on racial differences in marriage penalties and bonuses in the income tax, using data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421230
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Who's on (the 1040) First? Determinants and Consequences of Spouses' Name Order on Joint Returns
Lin, Emily Y.; Slemrod, Joel; Smith, Evelyn A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Married couples filing a joint return put the male name first 88.1% of the time in tax year 2020, down from 97.3% in 1996. The man's name is more likely to go first the larger is the fraction of the couple's allocable income that goes to him, and the older is the couple. Based on state averages,...
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Empirical foundations of household taxation
Feldstein, Martin S. (ed.); Poterba, James M. (contributor) - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480769
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Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax
Ilin, Elias; Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Pitts, Melinda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
-income females with children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334378
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Do Walmart Supercenters Improve Food Security?
Courtemanche, Charles J. - 2018
food security of households and children, as measured by number of affirmative responses to a food insecurity questionnaire … and an indicator for food insecurity. The effects are largest among low-income households and children, but are also … sizeable for middle-income children …
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Temperature and Maltreatment of Young Children
Evans, Mary F.; Gazze, Ludovica; Schaller, Jessamyn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We estimate the impacts of temperature on alleged and substantiated child maltreatment among young children using … maltreatment of young children during hot periods. We rule out that our results are solely due to changes in reporting. Additional …
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Drinking Water Contaminant Concentrations and Birth Outcomes
DiSalvo, Richard W.; Hill, Elaine L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Previous research in the US has found negative health effects of contamination when it triggers regulatory violations. An important question is whether levels of contamination that do not trigger a health-based violation impact health. We study the impact of drinking water contamination in...
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Heterogeneous and Racialized Impacts of State Incarceration Policies on Birth Outcomes in the U.S
Boen, Courtney; Bair, Elizabeth; Lee, Hedwig; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of two signature state incarceration policies adopted during...
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of …
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