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Rising inequality : transitory or permanent? : new evidence from a US panel of household income 1987 - 2006

DeBacker, Jason; Heim, Bradley T.; Panousi, Vasia; … - 2011

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Rising inequality : transitory or persistent? ; new evidence from a panel of US tax returns

DeBacker, Jason; Heim, Bradley T.; Panousi, Vasia; … - In: Brookings papers on economic activity : BPEA (2013) 1, pp. 67-142

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Rising Inequality : Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from a Panel of U.S. Tax Returns 1987-2006

DeBacker, Jason Matthew - 2012

We use a new, large, and confidential panel of tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service to shed light on the permanent versus transitory nature of rising inequality in individual male labor earnings and in total household income, both before and after taxes, in the United States over the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115289

Rising Inequality : Transitory or Permanent? New Evidence from a U.S. Panel of Household Income 1987-2006

DeBacker, Jason Matthew - 2012

We use a new and large panel dataset of household income to shed light on the permanent versus transitory nature of rising inequality in individual male labor earnings and in total household income, both before and after taxes, in the United States over the period 1987-2006. Due to the quality...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112656

The effects of the earned income tax credit and recent reforms

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The US earned income tax credit, its effects, and possible reforms

Meyer, Bruce D. (contributor) - 2008

In this paper, I first summarize how the US Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) operates and describe the characteristics of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its effects on labor supply. Next, I discuss a few policy concerns...