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Apply to work as an intern at Brookings this summer! interns-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3361/summ…

1/6 Really? SALT again? {sigh}. OK, here we go. The SALT deduction is a massively regressive tax cut for the rich. Trump was right to cap it. For the data from me and Christopher Pulliam see this The Brookings Institution piece brookings.edu/articles/the-s…

⚡ New SALT deduction cap proposal would increase the budget deficit, create a new cliff in the tax code, and mostly benefit higher earners, all without improving long-run economic growth. ~$9B of the $11.7B in lost revenue would accrue to joint filers earning more than $200k.

The House SALT proposal is silly. It costs $8 billion to benefit 3% of households, ones who are already doing just fine. It also creates an insane cliff, where some families *lose* money by making more money. This is not a serious attempt at SALT reform. itep.org/house-salt-cap…

Please stop cutting taxes! crfb.org/press-releases…

The number of defined-benefit plans like pensions shrunk by half since the '80s while defined-contribution plans like 401(k)s quadrupled, making it harder for workers to plan out lifetime income, write Mark Iwry, David John 🇺🇦, & @WilliamGale2 -> brookings.edu/articles/secur…

⚡ New SALT deduction cap proposal would increase the budget deficit, create a new cliff in the tax code, and mostly benefit higher earners, all without improving long-run economic growth. ~$9B of the $11.7B in lost revenue would accrue to joint filers earning more than $200k.

At Nature Human Behaviour: "Consumption Responses to an Unconditional Child Allowance in the U.S." We study how the 2021 CTC expansion affected family expenditures using observed (rather than reported) consumption data from 1.3 million establishments. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Abstracts for papers in the areas of education policy or immigration and migration are particularly solicited, but abstracts in other areas are also encouraged. Junior women and non-binary scholars, please submit your papers! #EconTwitter

A red tailed hawk (?) overlooks the encampment at Columbia University

Virtual event on Opportunity Insights latest now happening 7/31 with Abigail Wozniak moderating - be there! Brookings Econ brookings.edu/events/the-cha…

I am thrilled to announce that our ANNALS Volume on the 2021 Child Tax Credit dropped today! Open access for the full volume is available! Thanks to my Co-editors Zach Parolin Megan Curran and the star studded cast of authors. journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/710/1

Our study (Effects of the expanded Child Tax Credit on employment outcomes) is out in the world after finding a home with Journal of Public Economics. We found statistically insignificant and inconsistently signed differences in emp and LF participation for eligible adults during the the CTC exp.

.Tara E W & I are excited to announce the 24-25 lineup for the Virtual Economics of Poverty and Policy Seminar (VEPPS), w/seminars by Aaron Sojourner Krista Ruffini Alejandro Cid Sakshi Bhardwaj Zach Parolin Melissa McInerney Bradley Hardy. For more info see lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar

New Tax Policy Center analysis shows that the highest income 20% of taxpayers would get more than 90% of the benefit of repealing the cap on SALT deductions. tpc.io/3Bf73jT

So incredibly honored to receive this award and join the ranks of so many other scholars whose work I deeply admire (including two of my current colleagues!) and grateful to so many fantastic mentors and collaborators who I have been fortunate enough to work with over the years!

Thrilled to be an American Institute for Boys and Men Student Fellow and to work with Richard V. Reeves again!