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The Effects of the Child Tax Credit on the Economic Wellbeing of Families with Low Incomes
2022
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Natasha Pilkauskas
Associate Professor of Public Policy
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Natasha Pilkauskas is an associate professor of public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Her research considers how demographic, social safety net, and economic shifts in the United States affect low-income families with children.
Specifically, her work examines children’s shared living arrangements, economic insecurity among vulnerable populations, and the effects of cash transfers, such as tax credits, on the health and well-being of families with low incomes.
Pilkauskas received her Ph.D. in social welfare policy from Columbia University, a master’s in public policy from Harvard University, and a B.A. in economics and sociology from Northwestern University.
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Natasha Pilkauskas’s Working Papers
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The effects of income on the economic wellbeing of families with low incomes: Evidence from the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 3, 2022
By: Natasha Pilkauskas, Katherine Michelmore, Nicole Kovski, H. Luke Shaefer
Household Economic Security
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