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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…
July 24, 2024
Housing and the American Worker
As the American Worker Project analysis shows, real wages have increased over time. Real wages are nominal wages corrected for changes in the price level, and a natural approach to understanding the…
July 23, 2024
How the 2017 Tax Law Made Itemized Charitable Giving a Luxury Good
…itemized deduction for charitable contributions. At the same time, by nearly doubling the standard deduction, it sharply increased the percentage of tax-filing households choosing not to itemize deductions. This report…
July 11, 2024
Exploring Trends in Food Bank Use
…they note is part of the “agency’s Experimental Data Series..[and] may not meet some of the Census Bureau’s statistical quality standards.” [2] Note that statistics from the FSS reflect the…