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September 19, 2024
Government benefit programs already do a lot to help low income families
…the standard deduction and earned income deduction. The excess shelter cost deduction does not apply given their rental payment after housing assistance is less than half of adjusted income. Medicaid…
September 16, 2024
A Pyrrhic Victory Against Student Loan Default
…Congress created income-driven repayment (IDR) plans in the 1990s, though they only entered widespread use in the early 2010s. Unlike the standard “mortgage-style” fixed repayment plan, in which students pay…
September 10, 2024
America is Still Working
…use and zoning regulation would help people afford to move to opportunity. Productivity growth—the engine for raising living standards—has been stuck at too-low levels for too long. Shifting government spending…
August 30, 2024
When It Comes to Declining Donations, There’s More to the Story
…incentives. It’s unlikely that the increased standard deduction will be reduced next year. That increase resulted in a drop in itemized tax returns from an average of nearly 30 percent from 2010…
August 29, 2024
The Distribution of Social Capital across Individuals and its Relationship to Income
…with a 0.23 standard deviation increase in social capital for those with the lowest levels of market income, while an extra $10,000 in government transfer income is associated with a…
August 29, 2024
It’s Time for Radical Reform in Higher Education
…offering a path forward that is both corrective and sustainable. The proposed bill aims to accomplish the following improvements to federal higher education policy: Holds colleges to a higher standard….
August 28, 2024
Some Context Behind JD Vance’s Child Tax Credit Comments
…current $2,000 per child under the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA), offsetting the elimination of the personal exemption and changes to the standard deduction in the tax code….
August 18, 2024
Why NYC’s Most Affordable Housing May Already Be Available
…New York already has. An antiquated law currently stands in the way of homeowners and renters taking in “unrelated persons” even if a home or apartment has empty bedrooms. Incredibly,…
August 6, 2024
Trump’s Tax Law Diminished Incentives for Charitable Giving, But We Can Fix It
…collateral damage stems from what is otherwise a very good idea: simplifying tax returns for most households. The 2017 tax cuts increased the standard deduction dramatically, thus reducing the number…
July 29, 2024
The Rise of ‘Marriage Deserts’ and What We Can Do About Them
…decades, America has witnessed the rise of what could be called “marriage deserts”: entire neighborhoods where there are persistently low rates of marriage. These stand in contrast to other neighborhoods…