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Venue address: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, R. Francesinhas 21, 1200-675 Lisboa, Portugal
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Sept 2026, 11:37:15am WEST
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C12: Bunching, Elasticities, and Taxable Income Responses Location: Room 113 (Francesinhas 1) | |
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How Are Elasticities Calculated? Modeling Choices, Measurement Decisions, and How Not to Put Your Thumb on the Scale rutgers university, United States of America This paper examines five decades of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expansions to estimate employment elasticities and inform future policy design. I construct a comprehensive accounting of changes in tax credits, public assistance, and the return to work, and synthesize evidence across prior studies using a unified framework. The analysis demonstrates how alternative modeling choices—such as how the return to work is measured or which employment estimates are used—generate substantially different elasticity estimates. I present a distribution of estimates across specifications and assumptions, summarized in a histogram of implied elasticities. While estimates vary widely--even for a given policy change and/or employment response--the central tendency is clear: employment elasticities for unmarried mothers average around 0.3.
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