A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2001.

Nicholas Johnson

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2001 · 107 citations · 0 references

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Johnson reviews recent developments in state adoption and modification of earned income tax credits. In the 2000 and 2001 legislative sessions, 10 states (counting the District of Columbia as a state) enacted new earned income tax credits or expanded existing EITCs.