EITC
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You Earned It: How Simple Reminders Lead to Increases in Tax Filing and EITC Receipt
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Participants who received tax filing reminders in both 2014 and 2015 had higher filing rates than individuals who received no reminders, as well as those who only received one in 2014.
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Countdown to Election: Quinn v Rauner, who’s telling the truth about Illinois’ economy?
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“Illinois has added 257,000 private sector jobs.” This is what voters see when they look at Governor Quinn’s evaluation of job growth under his administration, but if they scroll over to Bruce Rauner’s Bring Back Blueprint, they will see “Illinois lost 26,000 private sector jobs.” In politics it is generally…
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Reducing Poverty: How Medicaid Does More Than Just Improve Access to Healthcare in Cities
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Recent research provides evidence supporting the poverty-reducing effects of Medicaid in urban areas.
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The True Cost of Welfare Reform
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Researchers take advantage of early randomized experiments to analyze the impact of workforce participation requirements and time limits on participants’ health.
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Filing Taxes: Good For Your Health
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Expansions in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) are associated with improved child health outcomes.
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Where the EITC Goes: A Qualitative Examination of EITC Allocation
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A working paper from the National Poverty Center examines the allocation of the Earned Income Tax Credit in the budgets of low-income families