Researchers will share how tax credits affect health, domestic violence, employment, and poverty.
A complimentary buffet lunch will be served after panel.
Speakers
Presenters
- Katie Jajtner, Center for Financial Security, School of Human Ecology, UW–Madison
- Jessica Pac, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, UW–Madison
- Kaitlyn Sims, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
- Tim Smeeding, La Follette School of Public Affairs, UW–Madison
Moderators
- Michael Massoglia, Department of Sociology, UW–Madison
- Jeffrey Smith, Department of Economics, UW–Madison
Schedule
10:30 a.m. — Coffee and tea
11:00 a.m. — Opening remarks
11:05 a.m. — Earned Income Tax Credit presentations
- The Effects of Earned Income Tax Credits on Intergenerational Health Mobility in the United States, by Katie Jajtner and Yang Wang.
- Presenter: Katie Jajtner
- Estimating impacts of the US EITC program on domestic violence, by Kaitlyn M. Sims, Yang Wang, and Barbara Wolfe.
- Presenter: Kaitlyn Sims
11:45 a.m. — Earned Income Tax Credit discussion led by Michael Massoglia
11:55 a.m. — Child Tax Credit presentations
- Quasi-experimental evidence on the employment effects of the 2021 fully refundable monthly child tax credit, by Jessica Pac and Lawrence Berger.
- Presenter: Jessica Pac
- Addressing Poverty in Social Security Beneficiary Households with Children: The Child Tax Credit and Other Income Support Programs, by Madelaine L’Esperance and Tim Smeeding.
- Presenter: Tim Smeeding
12:35 p.m. — Child Tax Credit discussion led by Jeffrey Smith
12:45 p.m. — Lunch and informal Q&A
Organizers
Yang Wang and Bobbi Wolfe, La Follette School of Public Affairs
