July 31, 2020
State Earned Income Tax Credit policies and intimate partner homicide in the USA, 1990–2016
Moe, C. A., Adhia, A., Mooney, S. J., Hill, H. D., Rivara, F. P., & Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2020). Injury Prevention.
Economic insecurity is a risk factor for intimate partner homicide (IPH). The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the largest cash transfer programme to low-income working families in the USA. We hypothesised that EITCs could provide financial means for potential IPH victims to exit abusive relationships and establish self-sufficiency. We found no statistically significant association…
State earned income tax credits and general health indicators: A quasi-experimental national study 1993-2016
With Morgan, E. R., Hill, H. D., Mooney, S., Rivara, F.P., & Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2020). Health Services Research.
Earned Income Tax Credit is known to promote employment and is largest anti-poverty program for working-age Americans. This study seeks to assess the relationship between the presence and generosity of state-level Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) and multiple self-reported measures of general health.
May 15, 2018
Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and Low-Wage Employment: Evidence from Seattle
Jardim, E., Long, M. C., Plotnick, R., van Inwegen, E. Vigdor, J., & Wething, H. (2018). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
This paper evaluates the wage, employment, and hours effects of the first and second phase-in of the Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance, which raised the minimum wage from $9.47 to as…
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