Financial Incentives

Resources

  EITC Information Clearinghouse
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
  EITC Information Page
(Brookings Institution)
  Making Wages Work Web Site
(The Finance Project)
  Making Wages Work Child Tax Credit Web Site
(The Finance Project)
  2003 Earned Income Credit Campaign Kit
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
  State EITC Online Resource Center (and Mott Foundation)
(The Hatcher Group)
  Tax Credits and Earnings Supplements Resources Page
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)

Publications

View a list of archived publications.

Sep 2005 How Do Tax Policies Affect Low Income Workers?
(National Poverty Center, University of Michigan)
Sep 2005 Does Making Work Pay Still Pay?
(MDRC)
Jul 2005 The Earned Income Tax Credit: Boosting Employment, Aiding the Working Poor
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Jul 2005 Making the Tax System Work for Low-Income Savers: The Savers Credit
(Urban Institute)
Jun 2005 Tax Policies to Help Working Families in Cities
(Brookings Institution)
Jun 2005 Protecting Low-Income and Moderate-Income Families' Savings
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Jun 2005 The Effects of Asset Tests on Savings
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Apr 2005 ¿Tienes EITC? A Study of the Earned Income Tax Credit in Immigrant Communities
(Brookings Institution)
Apr 2005 Step in the Right Direction: Recent Declines in Refund Loan Usage Among Low-Income Taxpayers
(Brookings Institution)
Apr 2005 Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Mar 2005 Disparities in Knowledge of the EITC
(Urban Institute)
Jan 2005 Earned Income Tax Credit: Implementation of Three Tests Proceeded Smoothly, But Tests and Evaluation Plans Were Not Fully Documented
(US Government Accountability Office)
Sep 2004 An Analysis of Alternative Financial Service Providers
(Fannie Mae Foundation)
Sep 2004 Increasing Incomes and Reducing the Rapid Refund Rip Off
(Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
Aug 2004 State Policies That Affect Working Families
(Urban Institute)
Aug 2004 Tax Preparation for Low Income Households, Knowledge of the EITC
(Urban Institute)
Oct 2003 Tax Policy as Housing Policy: The EITC's Potential to Make Housing More Affordable for Working Families
(Brookings Institution)
Aug 2003 Tax Credits for Working Families: The New American Social Policy
(Brookings Institution)
Jul 2003 Tax Reform for Families: An Earned Income Child Credit
(Brookings Institution)
Jun 2003 The Earned Income Tax Credit as an Instrument of Housing Policy
(Brookings Institution)
Mar 2003 EITC Reaches More Eligible Families Than TANF, Food Stamps
(Urban Institute)
Jan 2003 Rewarding Work Through the Tax Code: the Power and Potential of the Earned Income Tax Credit in 27 Cities and Rural Areas
(Brookings Institution)
2003 Special Report Series on EITC Pre-Certification
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Dec 2002 Living Wage and Earned Income Tax Credit: A Comparative Analysis
(Employment Policies Institute)
Oct 2002 2002 Federal IDA Briefing Book; How IDAs Affect Eligibility for Federal Programs
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Aug 2002 Earned Income Tax Credits
(National Center for Children In Poverty)
2002 Helping Working Families: The Earned Income Tax Credit
(W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)
Dec 2001 How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2001
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Apr 2001 Untapped Potential: State Earned Income Credits and Child Poverty Reduction
(National Center for Children In Poverty)