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Measuring the Effect of the EITC on Marriage Penalties and Bonuses

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Janet Holtzblatt
Robert Rebelein

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Updated March 25, 2001

A revised version of this paper appears as "Measuring the Effect of the EITC on Marriage Penalties and Bonuses." National Tax Journal 53(4) (part 2): 1107-1134. For more information see www.ntanet.org.

In 2000, the EITC will increase net marriage penalties by $3.6 billion. Nearly 60 percent of EITC-related new marriage penalties will be attributable to couples who currently do not receive the EITC because their income is above $30,000. However, both aggregate and relative estimates of marriage penalties and bonuses, attributable to the EITC, are very sensitive to assumptions regarding a couple's living arrangements and custody agreements if they do not file joint returns. Recent proposals to provide marriage penalty relief through the EITC are well-targeted to lower-income taxpayers, but vary in their ability to reduce marriage penalties.

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Paper provided by Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research in its series JCPR Working Papers with number 127.

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  1. Harvey S. Rosen, 1988. "The Marriage Tax is Down But Not Out," NBER Working Papers 2231, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. David T. Ellwood, 1999. "The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Social Policy Reforms on Work, Marriage, and Living Arrangements," JCPR Working Papers 124, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
  3. Alm, James & Whittington, Leslie A, 1999. "For Love or Money? The Impact of Income Taxes on Marriage," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 66(263), pages 297-316, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Daniel R. Feenberg & Harvey S. Rosen, 1995. "Recent Developments in the Marriage Tax," NBER Working Papers 4705, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Alm, James & Whittington, Leslie A., 1997. "Income taxes and the timing of marital decisions," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(2), pages 219-240, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Susan E Mayer, 2000. "Why Welfare Caseloads Fluctuate: A Review of Research on AFDC, SSI, and the Food Stamps Program," Treasury Working Paper Series 00/07, New Zealand Treasury. [Downloadable!]
  2. David T. Ellwood, 1999. "The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Social Policy Reforms on Work, Marriage, and Living Arrangements," JCPR Working Papers 124, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
  3. Saul D. Hoffman, 2003. "The EITC Marriage Tax and EITC Reform," Working Papers 03-01, University of Delaware, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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