The earned income tax credit, mental health, and happiness

•OBRA90 EITC expansion→mental-health and subjective well-being (SWB) improvements.•Experiential, evaluative and eudemonic SWB ↑ more for married mothers MM than unmarried.•MM depression (exp) ↓ 15.7%, happiness (eval) ↑ 4.4% and self-esteem (eud) ↑ 10.1%.•Specification checks ↑ confidence that effec...

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Volume:	126
Main Author:	Boyd-Swan, Casey Herbst, Chris M Ifcher, John Zarghamee, Homa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.06.2016 ELSEVIER
published in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 126; pp. 18 - 38
ORCID:	0000-0003-3869-5648
Data of publication:	June 2016
ISSN:	0167-2681 1879-1751
EISSN:	1879-1751
Discipline:	Business Economics
Subjects:	Subjective well-being Earned income tax credit Depression Happiness Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Tax credits Business schools Income tax Mental health Subjective well-being Earned income tax credit Depression Happiness WELFARE INEQUALITY MARRIAGE IMPACT EITC ADAPTATION PARTICIPATION UNEMPLOYMENT LIFE SUBSIDIES
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2016 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS