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  • The Earned Income Tax Credit
    Hotz, V.J.; Scholz, J. K. (Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the U.S., 2003)
    Since its inception in 1975, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has grown into the largest, Federally-funded means-tested cash assistance program in the United States. In this chapter, we review the political history of ...
  • Not Perfect, but Still Pretty Good: The EITC and Other Policies to Support the U.S. Low-Wage Labour Market
    Hotz, V.J.; Scholz, J. K. (OECD Economic Studies, 2000)
    As is clear from our comments below, we believe the EITC is a generally effective, beneficial policy for US low-wage workers. But our views on the EITC are influenced, in part, by several features of low-wage labour markets ...