Economic Recovery and the EITC: Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to Benefit Families and Places

The Brookings Institution authored this report on how the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) can be expanded to support families. The EITC can be an important tool for supporting working families with low-incomes, and delivers over $40 billion dollars a year in wage supplements to lower-income workers. It is estimated that more than four million people move out of poverty every year due to the EITC.