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Title: EITC Expansion for Childless Workers Would Save Billions - and Take a Bite Out of Crime
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Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: A comprehensive agenda to address the nations legacy of mass incarceration and overcriminalization must not only remove barriers to employment for people with criminal records, but also ensure that jobs pay a fair, livable wage. A recent report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers, or CEA, demonstrated that raising the federal minimum wage would significantly reduce criminal activity and enhance public safety, saving American communities billions of dollars each year. This issue brief finds that a second policy to boost income for low-paid workersexpanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, for workers without dependent childrenwould generate an additional $1.7 billion to $3.3 billion in societal benefit each year from reduced crime and improved public safety
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Authors: West, Rachel
Publisher: Center for American Progress
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Topics: Crime and Deviance, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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