Estimating the effect of timing of earned income tax credit refunds on perinatal outcomes: a quasi-experimental study of California births

• Main Authors: Deborah Karasek (Author), Akansha Batra (Author), Rebecca J. Baer (Author), Brittany D. Chambers Butcher (Author), Sky Feuer (Author), Jonathan D. Fuchs (Author), Miriam Kuppermann (Author), Anu Manchikanti Gomez (Author), Aric A. Prather (Author), Matt Pantell (Author), Elizabeth Rogers (Author), Jonathan M. Snowden (Author), Jacqueline Torres (Author), Larry Rand (Author), Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski (Author), Rita Hamad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The largest poverty alleviation program in the US is the earned income tax credit (EITC), providing $60 billion to over 25 million families annually. While research has shown positive impacts of EITC receipt in pregnancy, there is little evidence on whether the timing of receipt...