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Title: The Effect of Earned Income Tax Credit on Female Labor Supply and Gender Wage Gap

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Using CPS-MORG data for the years 1990-999, I conduct a two-part study on the effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on women’s labor market and earnings. Using a quasi-difference-indifference model, I first study the relationship between the EITC and the female labor supply and then examine the effect of EITC on gender wage gap. I find that a $1000 increase in the maximum EITC credit offered in the female labor market leads to a 6-percentage point increase in the employment rate. For the gender wage gap study, I find no significant results showing that the EITC impacts wage gap in any particular direction.

Url: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/54759

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Authors: Bhardwaj, Shreya

Institution: Cornell University

Department: Public Administration

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Degree: Master

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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