Relief eligibility for maximum envisioned per-child benefit. A and B correspond to S1 and S2 scenario respectively.

Relief eligibility for maximum envisioned per-child benefit. A and B correspond to S1 and S2 scenario respectively.

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Government efforts to address child poverty commonly encompass economic assistance programs that bolster household income. The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is the most prominent example of this. Introduced by the United States Congress in 1997, the program endeavors to help working parents via income stabilization. Our work examines the extent to which t...

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... households, our discussion thus far may overstate gender differences in full relief eligibility. To address this critique, we subsequently assess eligibility for the full magnitude of relief. Doing so demonstrates that single mothers were-given a lower refundability threshold-more likely to realize full program benefits relative to single fathers (Fig. 4a, ...