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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Earned Income Tax Credit"”.
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The Earned Income Tax Credit and Financial Capability among Native Households
… expenses. Other EITC recipients view the tax system as a savings mechanism. This is the first study of how the EITC is being used among Native populations. Study data includes 9,482 household surveys collected in over 80 urban, rural, and reservation communities across the U.S. Surveys …
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Earned Income Tax Credit: An Analysis of Potential Fraud and Undesirable Behaviors
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States. Last year alone, nearly $62 billion of EITC was paid out for 2011 tax year returns (IRS 2013). The amount of total credit claimed continues to increase every year, but the rate of error (number of …
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Three essays on regional economic development
… In the first two chapters I examine how the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) contributes to entrepreneurship. Chapter 1 focuses on the labor demand side of regional entrepreneurship, finding the introduction of state EITC policies reduces the number of new establishments and the number of …
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Essays on childhood obesity
… The first essay, “What Money Can Buy: Family Income and Childhood Obesity” investigates the relationship between family income and childhood obesity using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). In this essay I report three new findings. First, family …
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The financial feasibility of marriage for women receiving TANF: An analysis of six states
… the financial feasibility of marriage for low income women. By modeling the income and expenses of eight different low income family types in six states (Arizona, California, New York, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Wisconsin) this study illustrates the financial situation of various low income …
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Essays on Taxation, Marriage, and Labor Supply
… responsiveness of single women with children to taxation and welfare programs. The third essay investigates the effects of marriage, the wage rate, and the associated tax rate on men's labor supply. In the first essay, to avoid bias from the fact that labor supply outcomes are being driven by …
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Vorbild USA? : das amerikanische Beschäftigungswachstum und einige Konsequenzen für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
… das Kernstück des „workfare-state“ der EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) vorgestellt, aber auch die vermeintlich „weicheren Faktoren“ wie Bildungsressourcen und Nachhaltigkeitsstruktur des Wachstum erörtert. <br>Dabei wird nicht vergessen, die relative Erfolgsgeschichte erhöhter weiblicher …