Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty

Impacts of Federal Tax Credits

von Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board On Children Youth And Families, Committee On National Statistics, Committee on Federal Policy Impacts on Child Poverty, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine

403 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Federal tax credits are among the nation's most powerful tools for reducing child poverty. Temporary expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 demonstrated the scale of impact these policies can have, lifting more than 2 million children above the poverty line and showing that alternative designs could reduce child poverty even further. Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits provides an in-depth assessment of how these credits worked in 2021, what effects they had across different groups of children, and the potential trade-offs of long-term policy options. Developed by a committee of experts, the report offers evidence-based insights for policymakers, funders, researchers, and advocates. It highlights how different credit designs could shape children's well-being, employment incentives, and fiscal costs, and points to opportunities for future research to strengthen policy decisions.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie Familie, Verwandtschaft und Beziehungen
• ISBN: 9780309994095
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2026
• Größe: 226 x 152 mm
• Verlag: National Academies Press
• Herausgegeben von: V Joseph Hotz, Jennifer Appleton Gootman