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Research Report Valuing Marital Commitment
Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines the treatment of marriage in the tax code, and suggests a comprehensive package that literally would change the face of the nation's transfer and tax system.
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Even before welfare reform, poor noncitizen households with children received welfare at significantly lower rates than did their citizen counterparts. Most children in these households are U.S.-born citizens. Following welfare reform's enactment, use fell to half the rate of citizensa drop that
Research Report The Crazy Politics of the Alternative Minimum Tax
Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines tax reform and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). He suggests a solution: Simply eliminate or cut the AMT and then replace it with more direct taxes on the income classes that benefit from the AMT tax cut. He concludes, however, that neither political party, it
Testimony Child Care Assistance under Welfare Reform: Early Responses by the States
Urban Institute researcher, Sharon Long, testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Human Resources on childcare assistance under welfare reform. In her testimony she addresses two issues related to changes in child care assistance programs: state responses to the increased
Brief The Gender Gap in Pension Wealth
An important concern for pension policy is the unequal distribution of benefits. Almost one-half of full-time wage and salary workers lack pension coverage on their current jobs. Workers with coverage tend to be economically advantaged in many ways. Covered workers generally are well educated, work