Labor supply effects of the earned income tax credit
Subtitle: evidence from wisconsin supplemental benefit for families with three children
By: Maria Cancian, Arik Levinson.
Contributors: Levinson, Arik.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11454; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11454.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Earned income tax credit -- Wisconsin.; Labor supply -- Wisconsin.
Description: "We examine the labor market consequences of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), comparing labor market behavior of eligible parents in Wisconsin, which supplements the federal EITC for families with three children, to that of similar parents in states that do not supplement the federal EITC.  Data come from the 2000 Census of Population.  Most previous studies have relied on changes in the EITC over time, or EITC eligibility differences for families with and without children, or have extrapolated from measured labor supply responses to other tax and benefit programs, and find significant effects of the EITC on employment.  In contrast, our cross-state comparison examines a larger difference in EITC subsidy rates, uses more similar treatment and control groups, relies on a policy that has been in place for 5 years, and finds no effect of the EITC on employment or hours worked"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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