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Great thread summarizing the results from our new brief analyzing who is still not getting the Child Tax Credit

Great history and context for the evolution of the CTC over time, and how the ARPA expansion is meant to provide more benefits to low-income families, who have historically been left out of the credit

Faculty findings at @FordSchool: Results from a new study by Katherine Michelmore and Natasha Pilkauskas: The Earned Income Tax Credit has the greatest impact on maternal employment in early childhood years.

Early view from JPAM: "Do Carrots Work Better than Sticks? Results from the National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration" by Maria Cancian McCourt School, Daniel Meyer UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, & Robert Wood Mathematica. doi.org/10.1002/pam.22…

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EPI is currently taking applications for a part-time (student) Research Assistant! If you are a student University of Michigan, apply now and come work with us! edpolicy.umich.edu/what-we-do/joi…

Honored and grateful to all of my colleagues, collaborators, friends, and, mentors who supported and helped me get here

In their Article, @JacobSGoldin (Stanford Law School) and @AJurowKleiman (Loyola Law School) analyze child-claiming rules in social safety net programs, arguing for policy design that supports children from familial structures of all kinds: yalelawjournal.org/article/whose-…

New working paper alert! "Automatic Tax Filing: Simulating a Pre-Populated Form 1040." Joint with Andy Whitten (Andrew Whitten | @[email protected]), Katie Lim, Bruce Sacerdote. nber.org/papers/w30008. Short thread follows. (All opinions in paper + thread are ours and not those of our employers.)

Come work with us!

Congratulations to Jessica W. Gillooly (@JessicaGillool1) of Suffolk University, who is this year’s winner for her article entitled, "Lights and Sirens: Variation in 911 Call-Taker Risk Appraisal and its Effects on Police Officer Perceptions at the Scene."

Meet with Editor 𝔼𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕝 𝕋𝕖𝕜𝕚𝕟 at APPAM conference to discuss your work, learn about the publication process at JPAM, & chat with him about the types of scholarship the journal is seeking. Junior scholars & graduate students are particularly welcome. Snacks will be served.

Great mentoring opportunity!

The bipartisan CTC plan includes a new lookback rule, allowing taxpayers to calculate their CTC using the previous year’s income if their earnings declined this year. What would this mean for families? (1/)

Great discussion of the potential impacts of the proposed lookback rule for the CTC

So incredibly honored to receive this award and join the ranks of so many other scholars whose work I deeply admire (including two of my current colleagues!) and grateful to so many fantastic mentors and collaborators who I have been fortunate enough to work with over the years!