Data and code for: The Rise of Working Mothers and the 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jacob Bastian, Rutgers University

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Project Citation:

Bastian, Jacob. Data and code for: The Rise of Working Mothers and the 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-07-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/E115601V1

Project Description

Summary:

Data and code for Bastian (2019).

Abstract:

The rise of working mothers radically changed the U.S. economy and the role of women in society. In one of the first studies of the 1975 introduction of the Earned Income Tax Credit, I find that this program increased maternal employment by 6 percent, representing one million mothers and an elasticity of 0.58. The EITC may help explain why the U.S. has long had such a high fraction of working mothers despite few childcare subsidies or parental-leave policies. I also find suggestive evidence that this influx of working mothers affected social attitudes and led to higher approval of working women.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: EITC; FEMALE EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL ATTITUDES

JEL Classification:
      H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J38 Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy

Geographic Coverage: USA

Time Period(s): 1970 – 1985

Data Type(s): survey data

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