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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, The American Action Forum

By David Leonhardt, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times

Low-income workers haven’t received anything close to their fair economic share over the last few decades. The American economy has almost tripled in size since 1980, yet the average inflation-adjusted wage for low-income workers has risen only about 10 percent.

New results from the Paycheck Plus demonstration in New York City show that increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers without dependent children has positive impacts on reducing severe poverty and increasing income, work rates, and child support payments.

MDRC is pleased to announce the launch of the MDRC Center for Data Insights to help government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations improve their programs and systems by harnessing the benefits of operational data-science techniques to produce actionable insights.