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The minimum wage versus the earned income tax credit for reducing poverty : enhancing the earned income tax credit would do more to reduce poverty, at less cost, than increasing th...

Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2015

Minimum wage increases are not an effective mechanism for reducing poverty. And there is little causal evidence that … to reduce poverty. It raises only the after-tax wage rates of workers in low- and moderate-income families, its tax …

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The minimum wage versus the earned income tax credit for reducing poverty : enhancing the earned income tax credit would do more to reduce poverty, at less cost, than increasing th...

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin - 2021

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Earned income tax credits for the working poor : the weight of ethical justifications

Granaglia, Elena - In: Rivista italiana degli economisti : the journal of the … 19 (2014) 3, pp. 333-352

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Income support policies for the working poor

Marchal, Sarah; Marx, Ive; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2017

well below the EU at-risk-of-poverty thresholds in many countries. Single earners with dependent children are especially at … risk of poverty. We discuss the options for making progress. …

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The Optimal Policy Combination of the Minimum Wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit

Malul, Miki; Luski, Israel - 2009

This paper evaluates the consequences of minimum wage (MW) and earned income tax credit (EITC) in a model with heterogeneous costs of investment in human capital. Our model studies the effects of a MW and an EITC on employment, productivity, and total output for two types of groups: those with a...

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