Article
Combining Earnings with Public Supports: Cliff Effects in Massachusetts
Economics Faculty Publication Series
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-16-2017
Disciplines
Abstract
Safety-net benefits decrease as recipients’ income increases, but the result can be an overall drop in resources—sometimes so sharp that it feels like falling off a cliff.
Community Engaged/Serving
No, this is not community-engaged.
Publisher
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Citation Information
Randy Albelda and Michael Carr. "Combining Earnings with Public Supports: Cliff Effects in Massachusetts" (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/randy_albelda/45/
Published in the Winter 2017 issue of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Communities & Banking.
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