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Carasso, Adam; Steuerle, C. Eugene – Future of Children, 2005
Over the past seventy years Congress has enacted dozens of tax and transfer programs, giving little if any attention to the marriage subsidies and penalties that they inadvertently impose. Although the programs affect both rich and poor Americans, the penalties fall most heavily on low- or moderate-income households with children. In this article,…
Descriptors: Transfer Programs, Tax Rates, Income, Family (Sociological Unit)