{"id":1239,"date":"2017-02-12T05:09:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T05:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evst399.coolsociology.net\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2017-10-26T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T14:11:54","slug":"progressive-state-taxes-and-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"\u201cProgressive State Taxes and Welfare\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Journal,\u00a0<em>Poverty and Public Policy<\/em>\u00a0featured an article titled, \u201cProgressive State Taxes and Welfare.\u201d The goal of the study is to analyze how progressive tax systems are linked to the number of welfare recipients. There are differing views when it comes to income distribution. Classical fiscal federalism argues that income distribution should happen at the federal level. However, the states also have power in enforcing their own progressive tax systems which support social services, such as welfare. This produces varied tax redistribution based on their goals. The study answered two questions, \u201cFirst, do progressive tax structures effectively redistribute income? Second, does a progressive tax system reduce the number of welfare caseloads in a state?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The type of data used was aggregate, \u201cthe welfare recipients, state-speci\ufb01c information on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs (and Aid to Families with Dependent Children for years prior to 1997), multiple measures of tax progressivity, and demographic variables\u201d&#8211; which were from 50 states from the years of 1990 to 2002. The study used two measures to determine state progressivity \u201cthe Revenue Distribution Index (RDI) measured by Bahl, Martinez- Vazquez, and Wallace (2002) and the Average Tax Rate Progressivity Index (ATR). \u201c The method of analysis was through regression equation which was described in the following tables. Table 1 described the demographic variables used, also variables as the control to measure the differences between states TANF programs and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Table 2 includes statistics of 1990 and 2002. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They concluded that there is a positive relationship between a state\u2019s tax progressivity and the number of welfare recipients. These conclusions are significant because we can infer with confidence that a state\u2019s tax policies has great effects. Such as \u201cwhen a state collects a larger portion of its taxes through historically progressive tax policies, such as personal and corporate income taxes, rather than, for instance, sales taxes, the number of individuals enrolled in the TANF (formerly AFDC) program decreases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smith, Kara D., and Bryan Shone. &#8220;Progressive State Taxes and Welfare.&#8221; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poverty &amp; Public Policy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 8, no. 4 (2016): 430-37. doi:10.1002\/pop4.162.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Journal,\u00a0Poverty and Public Policy\u00a0featured an article titled, \u201cProgressive State Taxes and Welfare.\u201d The goal of the study is to analyze how progressive tax systems are linked to the number of welfare recipients. There are differing views when it comes to income distribution. 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