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State Level Earned Income Tax Credit’S Effects On Race And Age: An Effective Poverty Reduction Policy, Anthony J. Barone Jan 2013

State Level Earned Income Tax Credit’S Effects On Race And Age: An Effective Poverty Reduction Policy, Anthony J. Barone

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In this paper, I analyze the effectiveness of state level Earned Income Tax Credit programs on improving of poverty levels. I conducted this analysis for the years 1991 through 2011 using a panel data model with fixed effects. The main independent variables of interest were the state and federal EITC rates, minimum wage, gross state product, population, and unemployment all by state. I determined increases to the state EITC rates provided only a slight decrease to both the overall white below-poverty population and the corresponding white childhood population under 18, while both the overall and the under-18 black population for …


Coles County Census Tracts, Michael D. Gillespie Ph.D. Jan 2013

Coles County Census Tracts, Michael D. Gillespie Ph.D.

Coles County Poverty Data Project

No abstract provided.


Coles County In Comparison To Regional, State, And U.S. Poverty Levels, Michael D. Gillespie Ph.D. Jan 2013

Coles County In Comparison To Regional, State, And U.S. Poverty Levels, Michael D. Gillespie Ph.D.

Coles County Poverty Data Project

No abstract provided.


Coles County Poverty Maps, Michael D. Gillespie Ph.D. Jan 2013

Coles County Poverty Maps, Michael D. Gillespie Ph.D.

Coles County Poverty Data Project

No abstract provided.