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September 19, 2024
Government benefit programs already do a lot to help low income families
…whether to expand the CTC and by how much, policymakers should be aware of existing tax and transfer policies that already provide a substantial amount of support for low-income families….
September 11, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…school reform and properly assessing student outcomes, and AEI’s Beth Akers addressed the absence of accountability and some of the cultural issues surrounding higher education. The event concluded with a…
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…