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Should the earned income tax credit rise for childless adults? : the earned income tax credit raises income and work incentives among low-income parents but little goes to adults w...
Holzer, Harry J. - 2023
The earned income tax credit provides important benefits to low-income families with children. At substantial costs (over $70 billion to the US federal government), it increases the incomes of such families while encouraging parents to work more by subsidizing their incomes. But low-income...
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Why minimum wage increases are a poor way to help the working poor
Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2014
Minimum wage increases are not a very effective mechanism for reducing poverty. They are not related to decreases in poverty rates. They can cost some low-income workers their jobs. And most minimum wage earners who gain from a higher minimum wage do not live in poor (or near-poor) families. A...
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Steuergutschriften und Transfer an Arbeitnehmer im Niedriglohnbereich - der angelsächsische Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung und weniger Armut
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 53 (2000) 21, pp. 13-23
Die relativ hohe Arbeitslosigkeit von weniger qualifizierten Arbeitskräften hat viele Industrieländer dazu veranlasst, die Beschäftigung im Niedriglohnbereich zu fördern. Maßnahmen, wie beschäftigungsabhängige Steuergutschriften und Transferleistungen an Niedrigverdiener, die vor allem in...
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Der amerikanische Earned Income Tax Credit als Beispiel einer "make work pay"-Strategie
Peter, Waltraut - In: IW-Trends : Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 32 (2005) 3, pp. 3-16
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An earned income tax credit in the Netherlands : simulations with the mimic model
Oers, Floor M. van (contributor) - In: De economist : Netherlands economic review ; quarterly … 148 (2000) 1, pp. 19-43
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An earned income tax credit in the Netherlands : simulations with the MIMIC model
Oers, Floor M. van (contributor) - 1999
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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy
Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019
This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and the EUROMOD microsimulation models, it shows that...
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Tackling vulnerable households through a working tax credit scheme : a feasible alternative to cash transfers
Agostini, Claudio; Perticara, Marcela; Selman, Javiera - In: Hacienda pública española : review of public economics 245 (2023) 2, pp. 119-155
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The effect of the earned income tax credit in the district of Columbia on poverty and income dynamics
Hardy, Bradley L.; Muhammad, Daniel; Samudra, Rhucha - 2015
effect of the DC supplemental earned income tax credit (EITC) and the federal EITC on poverty and income dynamics within … Washington, DC, from 2001 to 2011. The EITC in DC merits investigation, as the DC supplement to the federal credit is the largest … in the nation. The supplemental DC EITC was enacted in 2000, and has been expanded from 10 percent of the federal credit …
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The Oregon Earned Income Credit's impact on child poverty
Giordono, Leanne S.; Rothwell, David W.; Weber, Bruce A. - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 28 (2024) 4, pp. 339-355
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