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The Next Stage for Social Policy: Encouraging Work and Family Formation among Low-Income Men, Adam Carasso, Harry Holzer, Elaine Maag, C. Eugene Steuerle, Tax Policy Center, October 2008

EITC Eligible Taxpayers: Economic and Demographic Characteristics, The Brookings Institution, October 2008.

Refundable Credits have Cut Taxes for Low-Income Households, Roberton Williams, Tax Policy Center, July 2008

Rewarding Work through Earned Income Tax Credits, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, July 2008

Metro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan Workers and Families, Alan Berube, David Park, Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institution, June 2008.

State Earned Income Tax Credits: 2008 Legislative Update, Jason Levitis and Jeremy Koulish, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 2008

How Much Would a State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost in 2009?, Jeremy Koulish and Jason Levitis, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2008

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel's Proposed Expansion of the EITC for Childless Workers: An Important Step to Make Work Pay, By Aviva Aron-Dine and Arloc Sherman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, October 2007

A Majority of States with Income Taxes have Enacted State Earned Income Tax Credits , Jason Levitis and Jeremy Koulish, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, October 2007

A Local Ladder for Low-Income Workers: Recent Trends in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institution, April 2007

State Earned Income Tax Credits and the "Overpayments" Issue, Nick Johnson, John Wancheck, Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2007

The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2006, Jason Levitis, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2007

EITC Data by State Legislative District, The Brookings Institution

How Much Would a State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost in 2008? Sloane Kuney and Jason Levitis, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2007

Using the Earned Income Tax Credit to Stimulate Local Economies, Alan Berube of The Brookings Institution for Living Cities, December 2006.

Tax Credits, the Minimum Wage, and Inflation, Elaine Maag, Tax Policy Center, December 2006.

A Raising Number of State Earned Income Tax Credits are Helping Working Families Escape Poverty, Ifie Okwuje and Nicholas Johnson, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, October 2006.

Together, State Minimum Wages and State Earned Income Tax Credits Make Work Pay, Jason Levitis and Nicholas Johnson, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 2006.

A HAND UP: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2006, Ami Nagle and Nicholas Johnson, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2006.

State and Local Support for Earned Income Tax Credit Campaigns, by Sarah Torian for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, March 2006.

The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2005, Jason Levitis and Nicholas Johnson, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2006.

The New Safety Net: How the Tax Code Helped Low-Income Working Families During the Early 2000s, Alan Berube, The Brookings Institution, February 2006.

The Earned Income Tax Credit at Age 30: What we Know, Steve Holt, The Brookings Institution, February 2006.

EITC Resource Guide
The Hatcher Group has created a dynamic resource guide to provide elected officials and free tax campaigns with the tools they need to work together and spread the word about the benefits of the Earned Income Tax Credit and free tax assistance.

Minimum Wage, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Inflaiton, Troy Kravitz, Tax Policy Center, December 2005.

Education, Leadership and Persistence Pay Off in Delaware, The Hatcher Group, September 2005.

The Earned Income Tax Credit: Boosting Employment, Aiding the Working Poor, Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 2005

The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2004, Joseph Llobrera and Robert Zahradnik, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 2005

Step in the Right Direction: Recent Declines in Refund Loan Usage Among Low-Income Taxpayers, Alan Berube and Tracy Kornblatt, The Brookings Institution, April 2005

¿Tienes EITC? A Study of the Earned Income Tax Credit in Immigrant Communities, Alan Berube, The Brookings Institution, April 2005

State Policies to Assist Working-Poor Families, Liz McNichol and John Springer, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 2004

Free Tax Assistance
CD-ROM

Connecting Constituents to Free Tax Assistance: Opportunities for Members of Congress. The CD-ROM includes tax assistance campaign materials from elected officials, resources and links, and an eight-minute video featuring U.S. Representatives Jim Cooper and Christopher Shays.

Increasing Incomes and Reducing the Rapid Refund Rip-Off, ACORN Financial Justice Center, September 2004.

Greener Pastures for Working Families: New Opportunities for State Earned Income Tax Credits in 2005,
Orson Watson, The Hatcher Group, August 2004.

Rewarding Work Through Earned Income Tax Credits, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, July 2004

A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2004, Joseph Llobrera and Bob Zahradnik, Center on Budget Policy Priorities, May 2004.

Relationships Between the EITC and Food Stamp Program Participation Among Households With Children, Robert I. Lerman and Kelly S. Mikelson, The Urban Institute, April 2004.

The "State" of Low-Wage Workers: How the EITC Benefits Urban and Rural Communities in the 50 States, Alan Berube and Thacher Tiffany, February 2004.

Supporting Working Families when State Coffers are Empty, Tom Waldron, The Hatcher Group, 2003.

EITC Reaches More Eligible Families than TANF, Food Stamps, Leonard E. Burman and Deborah I. Kobes, Tax Policy Center, March 2003.

Estimating the Cost of a State Earned Income Tax Credit, Center on Budget Policy Priorities, April 2003.

A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2003, Nicholas Johnson, Joseph Llobrera, and Bob Zahradnik, Center on Budget Policy Priorities, March 2003.

Rewarding Work Through the Tax Code: The Power and Potential of the Earned Income Tax Credit in 27 Cities and Rural Areas, Alan Berube, The Brookings Institution, January 2003.

Compliance Estimates for Earned Income Tax Credit Claimed on 1999 Returns, Treasury Internal Revenue Service, February 2002.

A HAND UP: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2001, Nicolas Johnson, Center on Budget Policy Priorities, December 2001.

A Local Ladder for the Working Poor: The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Alan Berube and Benjamin Forman, The Brookings Institution, October 2001.

The Incentives of Government Programs and the Well-being of Families, Bruce Meyer and Greg Duncan, Joint Center for Poverty Research, June 2001.

Reward Work - State EITCs for Working Families, Center for Policy Alternatives, October 2000.

Using the EITC to Help Poor Families: New Evidence and a Comparison with the Minimum Wage, David Neumark and William Wascher, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 7599, March 2000.

How Families View and Use the EITC: The Case For Lump-sum Delivery, Jennifer L. Romich, Thomas Weisner, Joint Center for Poverty Research Working Paper 138, January 2000.

The EITC: Expectation, Knowledge, Use and Economic and Social Mobility, Timothy M. Smeeding, Katherin Ross Phillips, and Michael O'Connor, Joint Center for Poverty Research Working Paper 139, January 2000.

The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Social Policy Reforms on Work, Marriage, and Living Arrangements, David T. Ellwood, Joint Center for Poverty Research Working Paper 124, December 1999.

Welfare, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers, Bruce D. Meyer and Dan T. Rosenbaum, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 7363, September 1999.

The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Labor Supply of Married Couples, Nada Eissa and Hillary Williamson Hoynes, Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper no. 1194-99, August 1999.

Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low-Income Families, Rebecca M. Blank, David Card, and Philip K. Robins, Joint Center for Poverty Research Working Paper 69, February 1999.

Good News for Low Income Families: Expansions in the Earner Income Tax Credit and the Minimum Wage, the Council of Economic Advisors, December 1998.

National Center for Children in Poverty “Untapped Potential: State Earned Income Credits and Child Poverty Reduction” 2001
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