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Melissa S. Kearney

@econmsk.bsky.social
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Economist studying poverty, inequality, families, and policies to improve lives. Professor at Notre Dame Econ (as of summer 2025) and Director at Aspen Economic Strategy Group.

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Melissa S. Kearney @econmsk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Tax reform discussions should revisit the EITC & CTC. In a new AESG policy proposal, Luke Pardue, Ella Grant, and I propose streamlining the EITC to refocus it on supplementing wages & making the CTC the primary tax vehicle for getting income to kids - www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/...
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Supporting Families, Rewarding Work: A Proposal to Reform and Enhance the EITC and the CTC • The Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) are important sources of income support to workers with low earnings and to low-income families with children. In this policy...
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