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Title: The Earned Income Tax Credit: A Study of Eligible Participants vs. Non-participants
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1. Caputo, Richard K.
The Earned Income Tax Credit: A Study of Eligible Participants vs. Non-participants
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 33,1 (March 2006): 9-29.
Also: http://www.wmich.edu/hhs/newsletters_journals/jssw/33-1.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Western Michigan University School of Social Work
Keyword(s): Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Gender; Marital Status; Poverty; Racial Differences; Residence; Self-Employed Workers; Socioeconomic Factors; Taxes

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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study (N = 1,504) showed that about half the EITC eligible tax filers in 2001 did not file EITC tax returns and that differences between EITC tax filers and non-EITC tax filers varied by birth place, Food Stamp program participation, marital status, race, residence, sex, socioeconomic history, and worker classification. Findings suggested that the EITC is well targeted in the sense that economically marginalized groups are likely to participate and that increased outreach efforts are also needed to ensure greater participation among tax filers eligible for the EITC but who are less likely to claim it, especially self-employed persons and those residing in the Northeast. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Caputo, Richard K. "The Earned Income Tax Credit: A Study of Eligible Participants vs. Non-participants." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 33,1 (March 2006): 9-29.