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30 Years Of The Earned Income Tax Credit

Posted by: David Gest
Thanks to: Metropolitan Policy Program
11 February 2006 - 7:00am

Steve Holt of the Brookings Institution reviews research on the first 30 years of the EITC, documenting how it supports work, reduces poverty, and helps families and communities.

"Thirty years since its inception, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has become a robust and largely successful component of American labor and antipoverty policy. This research brief reviews the structure and history of the EITC, summarizing key research into the people and places it affects as well as its impact on important socioeconomic measures. The brief concludes by examining several issues surrounding the credit, and outlines proposals intended to improve the effectiveness of the EITC as it enters its fourth decade."

Full Story: The Earned Income Tax Credit at Age 30: What We Know
Source: The Brookings Institution, February 9, 2006
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