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Potential mechanisms linking poverty alleviation and health: an analysis of benefit spending among recipients of the U.S. earned income tax credit.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2023 Jul 19; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 1385. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 19.
Abstract: Background: The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest U.S. poverty alleviation program for low-income families, disbursed annually as a lump-sum tax refund. Despite its well-documented health impacts, the mechanisms through which the EITC affe...
Effect of Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to Americans Without Dependent Children on Psychological Distress.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): American journal of epidemiology [Am J Epidemiol] 2022 Jul 23; Vol. 191 (8), pp. 1444-1452.
Abstract: Antipoverty policies have the potential to improve mental health. We conducted a randomized trial (Paycheck Plus Health Study Randomized Controlled Trial, New York, New York) to investigate whether a 4-fold increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit for ...
Short-Term Effects of Tax Credits on Rates of Child Maltreatment Reports in the United States.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Pediatrics [Pediatrics] 2022 Jul 01; Vol. 150 (1).
Abstract: Objectives: Poverty and low income are associated with increased risk for child maltreatment. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) are among the largest antipoverty programs in the United States. We estimated associations betw...
The long-term effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on women's physical and mental health.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Health economics [Health Econ] 2022 Jun; Vol. 31 (6), pp. 1067-1102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 22.
Abstract: Using a novel method, and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79), we estimate the cumulative, long-term, causal effect of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility on women's physical and mental health at age 50. We find th...
Evidence for the Role of State-Level Economic Policy in HIV Risk Reduction: State Earned Income Tax Credit Generosity and HIV Risk Behavior Among Single Mothers.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): AIDS and behavior [AIDS Behav] 2023 Jan; Vol. 27 (1), pp. 182-188. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 01.
Abstract: We investigated the impact of State-level Earned Income Tax Credit (SEITC) generosity on HIV risk behavior among single mothers with low education. We merged individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2002-2018) with sta...
The Effect of EITC Exposure in Childhood on Marriage and Early Childbearing.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Demography [Demography] 2021 Dec 01; Vol. 58 (6), pp. 2365-2394.
Abstract: Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study analyzes the effect of exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in childhood on marriage and childbearing in early adulthood. Results suggest that EITC exposure in childhood leads wo...
Understanding Take-Up Of The Earned Income Tax Credit Among Californians With Low Income.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Health affairs (Project Hope) [Health Aff (Millwood)] 2022 Dec; Vol. 41 (12), pp. 1715-1724.
Abstract: The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the largest poverty alleviation program for families with children in the US, and it has well-documented health effects. However, not all eligible families receive benefits. The Assessing California Communities' E...
The Social Security Retroactive-Claiming Strategy for Married Couples.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of Financial Service Professionals. Nov2023, Vol. 77 Issue 6, p53-70. 18p.
Abstract: This article extends previous research on the Social Security retroactive-claiming strategy to include married couples filing jointly. Using this strategy, either or both spouses file for their benefits in December, but retroactively backdate the start...
State earned income tax credits and suicidal behavior: A repeated cross-sectional study.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Preventive medicine [Prev Med] 2021 Apr; Vol. 145, pp. 106403. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 01.
Abstract: Suicide is an increasingly common cause of death in the United States and recent increases in suicide rates disproportionately impact low income individuals. We sought to assess the impact of income support in the form of state earned income tax credit...
Association of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credits With Rates of Reported Child Maltreatment, 2004-2017.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Child maltreatment [Child Maltreat] 2022 Aug; Vol. 27 (3), pp. 325-333. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 19.
Abstract: Poverty is an important predictor of child maltreatment. Social policies that strengthen the economic security of low-income families, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), may reduce child maltreatment by impeding the pathways through which pov...