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Parental Time Allocation and Gender Disparities: The Role of Child Tax Credit Reform

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  • Tennecia Dacass
  • Elif B. Dilden
  • Yang Jiao

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The Child Tax Credit (CTC) plays a critical role in reducing child poverty and promoting parental workforce participation. However, its effects on how parents allocate their time remain insufficiently studied. This research fills this gap by analyzing the 2017 CTC expansion using a difference-in-difference approach. The findings reveal that parents—particularly mothers—in areas with greater CTC exposure reallocated time away from household chores, employment, and childcare toward personal care and social activities. These results underscore the CTC's influence on reshaping gender dynamics in household responsibilities and offer valuable insights into the broader behavioral impacts of tax policies on families.

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  • Tennecia Dacass & Elif B. Dilden & Yang Jiao, 2025. "Parental Time Allocation and Gender Disparities: The Role of Child Tax Credit Reform," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 115, pages 700-705, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:115:y:2025:p:700-705
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20251134
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    JEL classification:

    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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