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June 4, 2025
Congress Is Subsidizing the Wrong Neighborhoods
…incentive for long-term investment in economically disadvantaged communities that were designated by governors as so-called opportunity zones, subject to federal standards based on the communities’ median income and official poverty…
April 25, 2025
A baby bonus is the wrong response to declining fertility
…of around $69,000 in the median state. No family receives the maximum additional amount on behalf of their children for each program in every year, but the point is that…
February 4, 2025
The Family First Act Would Expand Net Income Tax Refunds to Higher Income Families
…or negative federal income tax liability. Married parents with two children could receive a net refund from the federal government until their income exceeds $94,000, well beyond the median US household income…
January 24, 2025
The Targeting of Place-Based Policies: The New Markets Tax Credit Versus Opportunity Zones
…poverty rates, low median income and weak labor markets. However, OZs tend to attract more investment in areas with higher preexisting private investment, often located in prosperous counties and high-growth…
September 11, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…the Safety Net Panelists: Kay S. Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow, Manhattan Institute Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Brad Wilcox, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Moderator: Kevin…
September 10, 2024
Event: New Census Data on American Families’ Economic Well-Being
…AEI’s Kevin Corinth began by summarizing the data’s main findings. Median household income rose, and the official poverty measure (OPM) showed that poverty declined while the supplemental poverty measure (SPM)…
July 10, 2024
Has Income Growth between Generations of Americans Stalled?
…X and millennials. The median household income of 36-to-40-year-olds from the silent generation was 34 percent higher than that of the Greatest Generation. The median income of baby boomers in…
April 8, 2024
The $1,000 Tax Hike on Middle-Class Families
…barely keeping up with inflation, who are raising three kids on $75,000 per year (the median U.S. household income), will be asked to kick in almost $1,000 more to the federal government…
March 4, 2024
Social conservatives who care about marriage should think twice about a “per-child” refundable Child Tax Credit
…benefit parameters that took effect October 1, 2023. Shelter costs are assumed to be $1,146 monthly for a single parent without children (median gross rent for a one-bedroom apartment in…
February 7, 2024
Child Tax Credit Bill Would Increase Marriage Penalties for Working Single Mothers
…SNAP benefit parameters that took effect starting October 1, 2023, and we assume shelter costs of $1,146 per month for a single parent without children (median gross rent for 1…