Helping working families : the earned income tax credit / Saul D. Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Saul D., 1949- Author.

Seidman, Laurence S., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earned income tax credit--United States.

Earned income tax credit.

Working poor--United States.

Working poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2002.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 - An Overview of the Earned Income Tax Credit

2 - Who Benefits from the EITC?

3 - The EITC and the Labor Market

4 - The EITC and the Family

5 - The EITC and Other Antipoverty Programs

6 - The Efficiency Cost of the EITC

7 - EITC Compliance Issues

8 - Reforming the EITC

Erratum

9 - The EITC in the Twenty-first Century

Appendix A: The Algebra of the Earned Income Tax Credit

Appendix B: The Effect of the EITC on Labor Supply: An Indefference Curve and Budget Constraint Approach

Appendix C: The Efficiency Cost of the EITC

Appendix D: Variations on Proposed EITC Reform

References

The Authors

Index

About the Institute.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235) and index.

ISBN:

0-585-44155-3

OCLC:

228120958