A Disadvantage Associated with an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

question 401

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage associated with an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program to reduce poverty is that it

• A)encourages illegitimate births because single women with children receive higher payments.
• B)rewards laziness because it provides payments to those with low incomes regardless of their work effort.
• C)does not help the poor who are unemployed.
• D)creates unemployment by increasing the wage paid to unskilled workers above the equilibrium wage.

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