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March 7, 2024

Growing Congressional Dysfunction Will Worsen Our Fiscal Problems

Few were surprised when deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) retired in December. While Republican leaders tend to exit quickly after losing committee gavels or leadership posts, the additional departure of other respected senior lawmakers in both parties is damaging…

March 4, 2024

Social conservatives who care about marriage should think twice about a “per-child” refundable Child Tax Credit

The United States Senate is currently debating H.R. 7024, a House-passed bill that would modify the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in several ways. One of the most consequential changes would…

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

H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, passed the House on January 31, 2024 and now faces an uncertain fate in the Senate. The…

February 22, 2024

The Workforce/Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit

…Housing Center 9:20 a.m. Panel I: Deep Dive into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Panelists: Kevin Corinth, Deputy Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility,…

February 14, 2024

Debate: The Future of Family Policy

…moderates a debate between Kevin Corinth of the American Enterprise Institute and Patrick T. Brown of the Ethics and Public Policy Center on the merits of the proposal. What are…

February 12, 2024

Millennials Are Doing Better than You Probably Think

…Five Generations of Americans” by my AEI colleague Kevin Corinth and Jeff Larrimore of the Federal Reserve Board. The economists compared income levels at ages 36–40 across the five generations,…

February 8, 2024

CTC Expansion Rooted in Desire to Roll Back Work-based Welfare

…led by our colleagues Kevin Corinth and Scott Winship, the potential negative employment effects from the proposed lookback policy are notable. We estimated a net employment reduction from a permanent…

February 8, 2024

Another Flawed Analysis Shows that Single Mothers are Highly Sensitive to Changes in Work Incentives

…very close to Corinth et al.’s 0.75. As another reference point, in a review with Kevin Corinth (cited by Bastian), I determined that the mean elasticity for single mothers in…

February 7, 2024

Child Tax Credit Bill Would Increase Marriage Penalties for Working Single Mothers

H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, was passed by the House last week and is now moving to the Senate for consideration. The…