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Author: Holzer, Harry
Expanding the EITC to Help More Low-Wage Workers (Research Brief)
Harry Holzer , Additional Authors
The case for expanding the EITC for workers without qualifying children is compelling, as the current EITC provides little help to this group. We argue that the EITC for these workers should:
- provide these workers with a strong incentive to increase work effort;
- provide a significant subsidy to low-earning workers working near a full-time work level;
- begin phasing out only after an individual is working at a level at least equivalent to full-time minimum wage work;
- apply to both prime-age and younger workers; and
- be effectively coordinated with the Making Work Pay Credit.
Published: 11/02/09
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The Next Stage for Social Policy: : Encouraging Work and Family Formation among Low-Income Men (Discussion Papers/Tax Policy Center)
Adam Carasso , Harry Holzer , Elaine Maag , C. Eugene Steuerle
The Earned Income Tax Credit enjoyed marked success bringing low-income women into the labor force in recent years. At the same time, labor force participation by low-income or less-education men stagnated, and declined among young black men. In response to these labor market conditions, this paper analyzes several EITC reform options directed at increasing the EITC for low-income workers, in the hopes of drawing these men into the labor force. We estimate the cost of various proposals and put forth an additional proposal that breaks the EITC into two components – one focused on individual workers and one focused on supporting children.
Published: 10/22/08
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Higher Payroll Taxes? Why? (Commentary)
Harry Holzer
[United Press International] Would most Americans be in favor of raising payroll taxes on the middle class to finance huge income tax cuts for the rich? Unquestionably, no. Yet, that is exactly what President Bush is now proposing. He argues for cutting tax rates on high-income families, eliminating all estate taxes, and tax-sheltering most of their savings—all of which would be financed by the steep payroll taxes that workers in lower-to-middle income families have been paying for decades.
Published: 04/15/03
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