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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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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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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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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 about the EITC: possible negative effects on hours of work and …

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In-work benefits for married couples : an ex-ante evaluation of EITC and WTC policies in Italy

Luca, Giuseppe; Rossetti, Claudio; Vuri, Daniela - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-24

based on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Working Tax Credit (WTC) existing in the US and the UK, respectively …

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Do Healthcare Tax Credits Help Poor Healthy Individuals on Low Incomes?

Di Novi, Cinzia - 2016

In several countries, personal income tax permits tax credits for out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. Tax credits produce two effects on taxpayers' disposable income. On the one hand, they benefit taxpayers at all income levels by reducing their net tax liability; on the other hand, they...

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EITC use in shared placement cases

Li, Hsueh-Hsiang; Scholz, John Karl; Brown, Patricia R. - In: Public finance review : PFR 46 (2018) 3, pp. 327-358

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Making work pay : wage insurance for the working poor

Bluestone, Barry; Ghilarducci, Teresa - 1996

components of a wage insurance system already exist in the earned income tax credit (EITC) and the minimum wage. Neither by … moral hazard effects of the EITC, while the EITC makes up for the weak target efficiency and income adequacy of the minimum …

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Zwischen drinnen und draußen : Arbeitsmarktchancen und soziale Ausgrenzungen in Deutschland

Büchel, Felix (ed.); Diewald, Martin (ed.); … - 2000

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