The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest federal anti-poverty programs. Our research tracks the effects of EITC policy design choices on eligibility and poverty reduction; anti-poverty estimates of EITC policy changes over time, including historic effects of the credit as well as more recent changes such as the effects of the 2021 temporary expansion, which expanded the credit for adult workers without children; the changing landscape of state and local EITCs, including in New York City; and federal, state, and local proposals for future policy change.
Research
2024
- Effects of the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless young adults on material wellbeing, National Bureau of Economic Research working paper—June 2024
2022
- Estimating monthly poverty rates in the United States, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management—June 2022
2021
- The efficacy of cash supports for children by race and family size: Understanding disparities and opportunities for equity, Race and Social Problems—Feb 2021
2019
- State of the Union Millennial Dilemma: Poverty and the safety net, Pathways, The Poverty and Inequality Report—2019
2024
- The role of government transfers in the child poverty gap by race and ethnicity: A focus on Black, Latino, and White children, with Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University—Apr 2024
2023
- The increased antipoverty effects of the expanded childless Earned Income Tax Credit in 2021—Jan 2023
2022
- The EITC and the CTC give temporary income boost to low-income families—May 2022
- Monthly cash payments reduce spells of poverty across the year—May 2022
- The role of government transfers in the Black-White child poverty gap—Mar 2022
2021
- State fact sheets: Policy options to address youth and young adult poverty—May 2021
- The potential poverty reduction effect of the American Families Plan—April 2021
- The potential poverty reduction effect of the American Rescue Plan—Mar 2021
2020
2019
- The Economic Mobility Act as antipoverty policy—Sept 2019
- Progressive tax credit proposals and the potential effects on poverty in New York City—Mar 2019
- Progressive tax credit proposals for addressing U.S. poverty in the upcoming 2020 elections—Feb 2019
2017
2024
- Spotlight on young adults in New York City: Economic experiences along the transition to adulthood—June 2024
The Poverty Tracker is a joint project with Robin Hood