Effective Policy for Reducing Inequality? The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Distribution of Income
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JEL classification:
- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2015-07-18 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2015-07-18 (Public Finance)
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