Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240395 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CHCP Working Paper No. 2020-6
Publisher: 
The University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP), London (Ontario)
Abstract: 
Parents spend considerable time and resources investing in their children's development. Given evidence that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) affects maternal labor supply, we investigate how the EITC affects a broad array of time-use activities, focusing on the amount and nature of time spent with children. Using 2003-2018 time-use data, we find that federal and state EITC expansions increase maternal work time, which reduces time devoted to home production, leisure, and time with children. However, for children of all ages, almost none of the reduction comes from time devoted to investment activities, such as active learning and development activities.
Subjects: 
EITC
tax policy
time use
child investment
female labor supply
JEL: 
D13
H24
H31
H53
I31
I38
J13
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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