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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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An Overview of the Earned Income Tax Credit |
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9 | (26) |
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11 | (5) |
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16 | (4) |
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The EITC, the Child Tax Credit, and the Income Tax |
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20 | (3) |
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Provisions of the 2001 EITC |
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23 | (7) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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Who Benefits from the EITC? |
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35 | (22) |
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35 | (3) |
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The EITC Recipient Population in 1996 |
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38 | (9) |
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Changes in the EITC Recipient Population |
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47 | (1) |
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The Impact of the EITC on the Poverty Rate |
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48 | (5) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (3) |
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The EITC and the Labor Market |
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57 | (26) |
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Labor Supply and the EITC |
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57 | (19) |
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The Impact of the EITC on Wage Rates |
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76 | (4) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (22) |
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Marriage Bonuses and Penalties |
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84 | (11) |
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Marriage Penalty Reform in the 2001 Tax Act |
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95 | (1) |
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Does the EITC Affect Marriage? |
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96 | (5) |
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101 | (1) |
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101 | (4) |
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The EITC and Other Antipoverty Programs |
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105 | (14) |
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106 | (6) |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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The Efficiency Cost of the EITC |
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119 | (22) |
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Triest's Study of an EITC Expansion |
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122 | (7) |
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Browning's Study of an EITC Expansion |
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129 | (5) |
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Liebman's Study of the EITC |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (3) |
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141 | (12) |
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141 | (9) |
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New Initiatives to Reduce the EITC Error Rate |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (48) |
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A Proposed Reform of the EITC |
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153 | (23) |
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Our Proposed EITC, the Child Tax Credit, and the Income Tax |
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176 | (5) |
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Should the EITC and the Child Tax Credit Be Combined? |
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181 | (4) |
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Should the EITC, the CTC and the Dependent Exemption be Combined? |
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185 | (3) |
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Comparison with Other EITC Reform Proposals |
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188 | (2) |
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The EITC Reform Adopted in the 2001 Tax Act |
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190 | (2) |
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Improving EITC Compliance |
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192 | (5) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (3) |
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The EITC in the Twenty-first Century |
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201 | (4) |
Appendix A: The Algebra of the Earned Income Tax Credit |
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205 | (2) |
Appendix B: The Effect of the EITC on Labor Supply: An Indifference Curve and Budget Constraint Approach |
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207 | (14) |
Appendix C: The Efficiency Cost of the EITC |
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221 | (4) |
Appendix D: Variations on Proposed EITC Reform |
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225 | (4) |
Reference List |
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229 | (8) |
The Authors |
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237 | (2) |
Index |
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239 | (6) |
About the Institute |
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