Earned income tax credit and crime

Lenhart, Otto

doi:10.1111/coep.12522

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“…To measure the effects of changes in state EITC generosity on food insecurity, I use two EITC indicators. Consistent with previous work (e.g., Lenhart, 2019b;Lenhart, 2021;Markowitz et al, 2017), I split states into three groups-those without any state EITC, those with low state EITC (less than 10% of the federal rate), and those with high state EITCs (at least 10% of the federal rate). 22 Table A2 shows that the 59 policy changes correspond to 24 switches across these three categories.…”

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The earned income tax credit and food insecurity

Lenhart¹

2022

American J Agri Economics

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Although previous work on the earned income tax credit (EITC) has established that the program improves health outcomes of people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, not much is known about the possible pathways through which higher EITC benefits affect health. This study contributes to the literature by evaluating the role of food insecurity as a mechanism underlying the relationship between the EITC and health. Using the 2009 federal EITC expansion, which increased benefit generosity for eligible families with three or more children, I estimate difference-in-differences (DD) and difference-in-differencein-differences (DDD) models to evaluate whether the policy change is associated with improvements in food security. My analysis finds that the program expansion, which increased predicted annual EITC benefits by $496, is associated with a reduction in the likelihood of experiencing food insecurity by 8.1% for low-educated households with three children. The observed improvements in food security are larger for non-married households, a group that has previously been shown to be strongly affected by EITC changes. An evaluation of variations in state-level EITC laws provides further indication that more generous benefits reduce food insecurity. The results, which are robust to estimating several alternative specifications, provide evidence that higher EITC benefits improve the well-being of low-income households by reducing food insecurity.

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“…If these 22 10% is used as the cutoff as it is the median state EITC during the sample period. Although previous work has used the same cutoff (Lenhart, 2019b;Lenhart, 2021;Markowitz et al, 2017), it should be noted that the results are robust to alternative cutoff points.…”

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The earned income tax credit and food insecurity

Lenhart¹

2022

American J Agri Economics

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“…State and local-level social spending on social and public health services has been associated with decreases in homicides (Kim 2019; Sipsma et al 2017). The Earned Income Tax Credit, a federal antipoverty policy, has led to reductions in firearm violence (Lenhart 2021; University of Washington Department of Epidemiology 2021); and violent crime reduction was seen after passage of the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, which incentivized affordable housing in low-income areas (Freedman and Owens 2011). Additional social policy efforts that would likely influence firearm-related outcomes include reducing income inequality (Johnson et al 2021), supporting homeownership (Cui and Walsh 2015), improving workers’ protections (Blumstein, Rivara, and Rosenfeld 2000; Schleimer, Pear, et al 2022), ensuring quality education, and strengthening the economic health of communities (Irvin-Erickson et al 2017), among others.…”

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Social and Structural Determinants of Community Firearm Violence and Community Trauma

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Kravitz‐Wirtz²,

Lund³

2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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The adverse impacts of community firearm violence in the U.S. are unequally felt across geographic and various sociodemographic segments of our population. Researchers, government leaders, and the general public need to contend with the various ways in which unjust socioeconomic and political forces and systems of power and privilege lead to differences in risk exposure among population groups, as well as differences in the extent to which various segments of the population are protected from the adverse effects of firearm violence. We highlight dozens of studies to illustrate how firearm violence and community trauma in the U.S. can be more effectively addressed when a “social and structural determinants” perspective is used to understand and respond to this public health problem.

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Poverty and Crime: New Evidence from a Nationwide Poverty Reduction Project in China

Dong,

Hou

2024

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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Earned income tax credit and crime

Cited by 8 publications

References 76 publications

The earned income tax credit and food insecurity

The earned income tax credit and food insecurity

Social and Structural Determinants of Community Firearm Violence and Community Trauma

Poverty and Crime: New Evidence from a Nationwide Poverty Reduction Project in China

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