Exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit in Early Childhood and Family Wealth

Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and a cohort of individuals born between 2000 and 2011, we examine whether exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in early childhood (birth to age five) affects family wealth in middle childhood (ages six through eleven). Results suggest that a $1,00...

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Main Authors: Katherine Michelmore, Leonard M. Lopoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2021-08-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/7/3/196