Ortigueira, Salvador; Siassi, Nawid - 2020
Eligibility and benefits for anti-poverty income transfers in the U.S. are based on both the means and the household … arrangement, and marital status. We find that the U.S. anti-poverty policy distorts the cohabitation/marriage decision of single … current design of anti-poverty income programs, and that the introduction of an EITC deduction on the earnings of secondary …