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Earned income tax credit the way out of poverty? (access required)

by Amy Gillentine

Published: March 9,2010

Time posted: 10:25 am

Tags: minimum wage, study

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Expanding the earned income tax credit might be a better way to curb poverty than increasing minimum wages. A study by professors from the University of Alabama and East Carolina University claims that expanding the tax credit - currently available to low-income workers - would keep more than twice the number of people out of poverty than ...





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