The effect of state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility on food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 4.1 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Review of Economics of the Household Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-24 DOI:10.1007/s11150-022-09637-3

Vivekananda Das

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Abstract

This paper uses data from the Household Pulse Survey to examine whether and for how long the eligibility to receive state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits reduced self-reported household food insufficiency among lower-income households with dependent children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of models estimated using difference-in-differences (DD) and difference-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) methods suggest that state EITC eligibility, on average, reduced food insufficiency by about 3 percentage points between March 2021 and early October 2021. However, the results of models estimated using an event study method show that the effect was not visible in all the post-March bimonthly periods. Overall, this paper finds some evidence to suggest that state EITC eligibility reduced food insufficiency over a short period.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间，州收入所得税抵免（EITC）资格对食物不足的影响。

本文利用家庭脉搏调查的数据，研究了在 COVID-19 大流行期间，有受抚养子女的低收入家庭是否有资格领取州收入所得税抵免（EITC）福利，以及领取福利的时间长短是否减少了自我报告的家庭食物不足情况。使用差分法（DD）和差分中的差分法（DDD）估算的模型结果表明，在 2021 年 3 月至 2021 年 10 月初期间，州 EITC 资格平均降低了约 3 个百分点的食物不足率。然而，使用事件研究法估算的模型结果显示，该效应在 3 月后的所有双月期间都不明显。总体而言，本文发现的一些证据表明，州 EITC 资格在短期内降低了食品不足率。

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Review of Economics of the Household ECONOMICS-

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期刊介绍： The Review of Economics of the Household publishes high-quality empirical and theoretical research on the economic behavior and decision-making processes of single and multi-person households. The Review is not wedded to any particular models or methods. It welcomes both macro-economic and micro-level applications. Household decisions analyzed in this journal include · household production of human capital, health, nutrition/food, childcare, and eldercare, · well-being of persons living in households, issues of gender and power, · fertility and risky behaviors, · consumption, savings and wealth accumulation, · labor force participation and time use,· household formation (including marriage, cohabitation and fertility) and dissolution,· migration, intergenerational transfers,· experiments involving households,· religiosity and civility.The journal is particularly interested in policy-relevant economic analyses and equally interested in applications to countries at various levels of economic development. The Perspectives section covers articles on the history of economic thought and review articles. Officially cited as: Rev Econ Household

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