The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States, providing over … low-income workers, the EITC reduces poverty both directly through the credit itself and indirectly through labor supply …

Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study … (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective … and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality …

analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … inequality statistics, but provide evidence that our qualitative conclusions are likely to apply to other surveys. We link … also greatly understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often …