Publications by Krista Ruffini
Long-Term Gains from Longer School Days
October 25, 2018 • Working Papers • By Patricio Dominguez and Krista Ruffini
Abstract This paper examines whether additional time in school affects labor market outcomes and educational attainment in adulthood. We leverage within and across city and cohort variation covering a large-scale…
October 25, 2018 • Working Papers • By Krista Ruffini
Abstract Improving nutritional intake can improve children’s academic achievement and long-term health outcomes. This paper evaluates the extent to which, and for which groups of students, schoolwide meals affect reading…
Making Work Pay Better Through an Expanded Earned Income Tax Credit
October 21, 2017 • Scholarly Publications • By Jesse Rothstein, Hilary Hoynes and Krista Ruffini
In The 51%: Driving Growth through Women's Economic Participation, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach & Ryan Nunn, eds., The Hamilton Project/Brookings Institution. October 2017. [accordions] [accordion title="Abstract" load="hide"]The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that promotes work. Research has shown that it also reduces poverty and improves health and education outcomes. The maximum credit for families with two or fewer children has remained flat in inflation-adjusted terms since 1996. Over the same period, earnings prospects have stagnated or diminished for many Americans, and prime-age employment rates have fallen. This paper proposes to build on the successes of the EITC with a ten percent acrossthe-board increase in the federal credit. This expansion would provide a meaningful offset to stagnating real wages, encourage more people to enter employment, lift approximately 600,000 individuals out of poverty, and improve health and education outcomes for millions of children. [/accordion] [/accordions]