@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp13818, author={Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore and Strain, Michael R.}, title={Employment Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit: Taking the Long View}, year={2020}, month={Oct}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={13818}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13818}, abstract={The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the cornerstone U.S. anti-poverty program, typically lifting over 5 million children out of poverty each year. Targeted to low-income households with children, and only available to those who work, the EITC contains strong incentives for non-workers to become employed. Most of the existing economics literature focuses on federal EITC expansions in the 1980s and 1990s. This paper takes a longer view, studying all federal expansions since the program's inception in 1975. We find robust evidence that EITC expansions increase the extensive margin of labor supply.}, keywords={earned income tax credit;EITC;labor supply}, }