Winner of the 2020 Outstanding Book Award Presented by the Public and Nonprofit Section
of the National Academy of Management Winner of the 2019 Louis Brownlow Book Award …

An informative mix of data and discussion, this book presents conclusions and
recommendations for policies that can respond to the new conditions shaping America's …

This article reviews recent research in fiscal sociology. We specifically examine
contributions to the study of taxation that illuminate core issues in the sociology of …

We address the role of “psychological frictions” in the incomplete take-up of EITC benefits
with an IRS field experiment. We specifically assess the influence of program confusion …

The debate about behavioral economics–the incorporation of insights from psychology into
economics–is often framed as a question about the foundational assumptions of economic …

We estimate the impacts of the Earned Income Tax Credit on labor supply using local
variation in knowledge about the EITC schedule. We proxy for EITC knowledge in a Zip code …

This paper uses quasi-experimental variation from federal tax reform to evaluate the effect of
the EITC on infant health outcomes. We find that the EITC reduces the incidence of low birth …

We provide new evidence that cash transfers following the birth of a first child can have large
and long-lasting effects on that child's outcomes. We take advantage of the January 1 …

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups,
and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives …

A strong consensus posits that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has had sizable effects
on extensive margin labor supply, especially for single mothers. This paper reappraises the …