New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity and MDRC have launched a path-breaking demonstration project that is rigorously testing a new earnings supplement for low-income single adults — mostly men — with the goal of promoting work and reducing poverty. A direct response to the downward trend in employment, wages, and earnings among the least skilled, the project will simulate an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income single workers without dependent children. On November 14, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings held a forum to introduce the experiment and analyze its possible effects. Click here to check out the forum and learn more.
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