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Impact of the Chicago Earned Income Tax Periodic Payment intervention on food security

Andrade, Flavia Cristina Drumond; Kramer, Karen Z.; Greenlee, Andrew; Williams, Adam Nephi; Mendenhall, Ruby

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Title
Impact of the Chicago Earned Income Tax Periodic Payment intervention on food security
Author(s)
  • Andrade, Flavia Cristina Drumond
  • Kramer, Karen Z.
  • Greenlee, Andrew
  • Williams, Adam Nephi
  • Mendenhall, Ruby
Issue Date
2019-11-06
Keyword(s)
  • Food insecurity
  • Earned Income Tax Credit
  • Intervention
  • Periodic payment
Abstract
This article examines the Earned Income Tax Credit Periodic Payment Pilot and its effectiveness in reducing food insecurity for low-income households. Low-income families in Chicago who were eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit provided data over four waves of data collection between 2014 and 2015. We utilize longitudinal random effects logit models to test the likelihood of experiencing food insecurity. The sample was composed mostly by women with low educational levels. The intervention significantly decreased the likelihood of experiencing food insecurity over time (T2: β=−0.23, p=.581; T3: β=−0.89, p < .10; T4: β=−2.21, p < .01). The Periodic Payment Pilot seems effective at reducing food insecurity in low-income families. Further research should examine how changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit payment distribution could improve the lives of low-income families, specifically concerning food insecurity.
Publisher
Elsevier Inc.
Series/Report Name or Number
Preventive Medicine Reports; vol. 16, December 2019
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105520
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100993
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2019 Flavia Cristina Drumond Andrade, Karen Z. Kramer, Andrew Greenlee, Adam Nephi Williams, and Ruby Mendenhall

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