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September 3, 2024

Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event

…Opportunity and Social Mobility, American Enterprise Institute 2:00 p.m. Q&A 2:15 p.m. Panel III: Early Childhood, K–12, and Higher Education Panelists: Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Chester E….

March 28, 2024

An Early Look at the Child Tax Credit Changes in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

…responses. In the meantime, our early look at H.R. 7024’s changes to the CTC provides some initial evidence to policymakers as they consider the legislation’s merits. Read the full report….

February 27, 2024

Options for Improving the Child Tax Credit Provisions in H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

…policy reforms better suited to the current fiscal environment. We recognize policymakers’ urge to expand benefits for families that have weathered recent high inflation. Nevertheless, if lawmakers intend to pass…

January 12, 2024

Congress Shouldn’t Expand Welfare in Return for Corporate Tax Cuts

…government. Disconnecting tax credits from work could end up doing long-run damage to the very children policy-makers are trying to help. The closed-doors discussion to bring back elements of the 2021 Child…

October 5, 2023

Changing the Official Poverty Measure Would Help Rich States and Hurt Poor States

…producing independent and apolitical statistics. Aside from these process related issues, policymakers should be concerned about this matter for two additional reasons. First, as already noted making the SPM the…

July 2, 2021

Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure

…the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) has offered researchers and policymakers an alternative way of measuring poverty in the United States and assessing the effectiveness of antipoverty policy. The SPM addresses…