Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Spending. Estimates Based on U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey Data.

Autor/inn/en	Schild, Jake; Collyer, Sophie M.; Garner, Thesia; Kaushal, Neeraj; Lee, Jiwan; Waldfogel, Jane; Wimer, Christopher T.
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Spending. Estimates Based on U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey Data.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research (2023) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w31412
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w31412
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Familienleistungsausgleich; Kind; Finanzierung; Konsum; Steuer; Arbeitspapier; Bekämpfung; Wirkungsanalyse; Ethnische Gruppe; USA
Abstract	The Child Tax Credit (CTC) was substantially expanded through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, making the benefit more generous, fully refundable, and more periodic. Early studies documented the positive impact of the expanded CTC on reducing poverty and food insufficiency, but there is little research on the impact it had on household spending and, specifically, its impact on child-related spending. We use data from the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (CE) and impute CTC payments for all qualifying households to examine whether the expanded CTC increased spending overall, in major categories, and on specific items related to children's education and development. Our findings indicate that families utilized the CTC payments to enhance the well-being of both their children and the entire household. For each $100 of imputed CTC payment, our models show that families spent $75, mainly on food ($28), housing ($31), and child-related goods and services ($15). We also found that the spending response for low-income households, Hispanic households, and non-Hispanic Black households was larger than the spending response of the average household. By analyzing the variation in spending response by race and ethnicity, we are providing policy makers with valuable insights into the experience of marginalized communities.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2024/1