APPENDIX 6
WELFARE-TO-WORK IN THE UNITED STATES
Figures compiled by Gary Burtless, Senior Fellow, Economic
Studies Programme, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC for
the Social Security Select Committee
2 December 1997
Number of AFDC Cases, 1960-1997
Labour Force Participation Rate of Married and Unmarried Mothers
Labour Force Participation Rate of Married and Unmarried Mothers
Average Hourly Wage of Young Women in NLSY, 1979-1990
Potential Earnings, Selected Points in the Wage Distribution: AFDC Recipients
Total Refunded Portion of Earned Income Credit, FY 1975-1996
Maximum EIC Refund per Family, 1975-1996
EIC Schedule in 1996
EIC Schedule for Two-Child Taxpayers
Credit and Phaseout Rates for EIC
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