Replication data for: The EITC, Tax Refunds, and Unemployment Spells
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Project Citation:
LaLumia, Sara. Replication data for: The EITC, Tax Refunds, and Unemployment Spells. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114818V1
Project Description
Summary:
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The earned income tax credit generates large average tax refunds for
low-income parents, and these refunds are distributed in a narrow
time frame. I rely on this plausibly exogenous source of variation
in liquidity to investigate the effect of cash on hand on unemployment
duration. Among EITC-eligible women, unemployment spells
beginning just after tax refund receipt last longer than unemployment
spells beginning at other times of year. There is no evidence that
tax refund receipt is associated with longer unemployment duration
for men, or that the longer durations for women are associated with
higher-quality subsequent job matches. (JEL H24, J64)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
J64 Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
J64 Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
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