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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Welfare Reform: Two Empirical Questions<br />

1 Incentives: did welfare reform actually increase labor supply<br />

Test whether EITC expansions affect labor supply<br />

2 Benefits: did removing many people from transfer system reduce their<br />

welfare?<br />

How did consumption change?<br />

Focus on single mothers, who were most impacted by reform<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 108 / 217

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