The Lunch @ DC with Bradley Hardy

EITC EXPANSION, EARNINGS GROWTH, AND INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM WASHINGTON, DCIn 2001, DC enacted the supplemental earned income tax credit - among the largest supplements to the federal credit in the nation. What effects - if any - has it had on District residents experiencing income inequality, earnings growth, and employment opportunities? Using administrative tax panel data, Dr. Hardy assess the combined effect of the federal and local credits within DC from 2001-2014. ------ BRADLEY HARDY is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University and nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. He also serves as a visiting scholar with the Center for Household Financial Stability at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. His research interests lie within labor economics, with an emphasis on economic instability, intergenerational mobility, poverty policy, and socio-economic outcomes. Within the department, he teaches courses on microeconomics and social policy. His research examines trends and sources of income volatility and intergenerational mobility within the United States, with a focus on socio-economically disadvantaged families. He also conducts research on the role of anti-poverty transfer programs such as SNAP food stamps and the earned income tax credit for improving economic well-being among low income individuals and families. Before joining American, he served as a research fellow at the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research. Prior to his doctoral studies, Hardy helped provide analyses of U.S. budget, tax, and income support policies as a researcher at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, DC. He currently serves on the executive board of the Society of Government Economists, and the editorial boards of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and the Review of Black Political Economy. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.