A Universal Child Allowance: A Plan to Reduce Poverty and Income Instability Among Children in the United States
To reduce child poverty and income instability, and eliminate extreme poverty among families with children in the United States, we propose converting the Child Tax Credit and child tax exemption into a universal, monthly child allowance. Our proposal is based on principles we argue should undergird...
Main Authors: | H. Luke Shaefer, Sophie Collyer, Greg Duncan, Kathryn Edin, Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, Timothy M. Smeeding, Jane Waldfogel, Christopher Wimer, Hirokazu Yoshikawa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Russell Sage Foundation
2018-02-01
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Series: | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.2.02 |
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