The American Rescue Plan of 2021 transformed the Child Tax Credit into a more generous, accessible, and frequently distributed cash payment—for just one year. The expansion was not made permanent but continues to receive attention from scholars and policymakers alike. Research on the consequences of the expansion can offer lessons for future efforts to reduce child poverty and improve child outcomes.
On January 30, The Hamilton Project hosted a virtual event focused on the effects of the 2021 expansion of the Child Tax Credit. The event followed the release of Volume 710 of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, “Evaluating the effects of the 2021 expansion of the Child Tax Credit.”
The event included a research presentation by Hilary Hoynes (University of California, Berkeley) and panel discussion featuring Robert Greenstein (The Hamilton Project), Bradley Hardy (Georgetown University), Elaine Maag (Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center), and Michael Strain (American Enterprise Institute).
For updates on the event, viewers followed @HamiltonProj and joined the conversation using #CTC to ask questions or emailed [email protected].
Agenda
1:30 p.m. | Welcome
Wendy Edelberg, Director, The Hamilton Project, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
1:35 p.m. | Research presentation
Hilary Hoynes, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of California, Berkeley
1:45 p.m. | Panel discussion
Robert Greenstein, Visiting Fellow, The Hamilton Project, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
Elaine Maag, Senior Fellow and Codirector, Innovations in Cash Assistance for Children, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Michael Strain, Director of Economic Policy Studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
Moderator: Bradley Hardy, Distinguished Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
