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Effective Policy for Reducing Poverty and Inequality?

The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Distribution of Income

Hilary W. Hoynes and Ankur J. Patel
Journal of Human Resources, October 2018, 53 (4) 859-890; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.4.1115.7494R1
Hilary W. Hoynes
Hoynes is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. She is also a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Ankur Patel is a Financial Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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Hoynes is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. She is also a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Ankur Patel is a Financial Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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vol. 53 no. 4 859-890
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.4.1115.7494R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received November 1, 2015
  • Accepted May 1, 2017
  • Published online October 10, 2018.

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  1. Hoynes is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. She is also a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Ankur Patel is a Financial Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
  1. Hilary Hoynes, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley, 2607 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720 (hoynes{at}berkeley.edu).

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