Income Tax Credit. Using tax-reform induced variation in the federal EITC, we examine the impact of the credit on infant … health outcomes. We find that increased EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight and increases mean birth weight …. For single low education (<= 12 years) mothers, a policy-induced treatment on the treated increase of $1000 in EITC income …

result in income or health gains …

and agriculture), and an increase in profit. But this increase in profit was offset by a reduction in income from casual … labor, so overall there was no gain in measured income or consumption. We find suggestive evidence that these results are …

In this paper, I examine the effect of business cycles on the employment, earnings, and income of persons in different … earnings, hourly earnings, annual hours, annual earnings, family earnings, family transfer income, and total family income. The … effects on family income than individual earnings. The paper examines the stability of these results by comparing evidence …