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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Great to see @jacobbastian.bsky.social and @harveymelody.bsky.social working on this! The focus on inflation during 2022/2023 obscured the fact that the fully refundable Child Tax Credit put money into the hands of working families that was later ended. It’s an important part of the story!

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Jacob Bastian @jacobbastian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New in @brookings.edu Why did consumer sentiment remain so weak even as the post-Covid economy improved? @harveymelody.bsky.social and I find that the expiration of the expanded CTC in early 2022 explains about 17% of the late-2023 sentiment gap (“vibecession”) www.brookings.edu/articles/exp...

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The loss of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit deepened economic pessimism | Brookings How the Expanded Child Tax Credit Affected Economic Sentiment

New research finds that the expiration of the expanded 2021 Child Tax Credit contributed to lasting economic pessimism among families with children.

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NBER @nber.org · 16/04/2026

When the expanded CTC expired in 2022, each $1,000 in lost benefits reduced consumer sentiment by 1.7 points—with effects lasting nearly two years—long after the checks stopped, from @jacobbastian.bsky.social and Melody Harvey www.nber.org/papers/w35059

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Institute for Diversity Science @idswisc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

IDS affiliate @harveymelody.bsky.social was recently awarded a Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grant to support her research on payday lending and its connections to participation in energy assistance programs. Congrats, Dr. Harvey! www.russellsage.org/news/sixth-r...

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Sixth Round of RSF-Gates Foundation Pipeline Grants Awarded to

The Russell Sage Foundation, in partnership with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is pleased to announce eighteen awards to emerging scholars in th...

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