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Using Differences in Knowledge Across Neighborhoods to Uncover the Impacts of the EITC on Earnings
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We estimate the impacts of the Earned Income Tax Credit on labor supply using local variation in knowledge about the EITC schedule. We proxy for EITC knowledge in a Zip code with the fraction of individuals who manipulate reported self-employment income to maximize their EITC refund. This measure varies significantly across areas. We exploit changes in EITC eligibility at the birth of a child to estimate labor supply effects. Individuals in high-knowledge areas change wage earnings sharply to obtain larger EITC refunds relative to those in low-knowledge areas. These responses come primarily from intensive-margin earnings increases in the phase-in region. (JEL H23, H24, H31, J22, J23, J31)
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- Chetty, R., Friedman, J. N., & Saez, E.
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2013-12-01
- Volume
- 103
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 2683-2721
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- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
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- W2125146074
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- 91.95
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- en
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