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Publications

Mitigating Benefits Cliffs for Low-Income Families: District of Columbia Career Mobility Action Plan as a Case Study. Elias Ilin and Alvaro Sanchez. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta CED Discussion Paper 2023-01 (September 2023).

Pink and Poverty Taxes on Marriage. Elias Ilin, Laurence Kotlikoff, and M. Melinda Pitts. Policy Hub 2022-12 (2022).

Estimating Occupation- and Location-Specific Wages over the Life Cycle. Elias Ilin and Ellyn Terry. Business and Economic Research Vol 12, No 2 (2022).

Exploring Benefits Cliffs in Illinois: CCAP as a Case Study. Janelle Blackwood, Elias Ilin, and Misuzu Schexnider. University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab Report January 2022.

Restructuring the Eligibility Policies of the Child Care and Development Fund to Address Benefits Cliffs and Affordability: Florida as a Case Study. Brittany Birken, Elias Ilin, Alexander Ruder, and Ellyn Terry.  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta CED Discussion Paper 2021-01 (June 2021).

Benefits Cliffs and the Financial Incentives for Career Advancement: A Case Study of the Health Care Services Career Pathway. David Altig, Elias Ilin, Alexander Ruder, and Ellyn Terry. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta CED Discussion Paper 2020-01 (January 2020).

Other Publications & Articles

Mitigating Benefits Cliffs: The Career MAP Program in Washington, DC. Elias Ilin, Alex Ruder, and Alvaro Sanchez. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (October 2023).

Keeping Up with Rent: Recent Rent Hikes and Their Impact on Affordability Standards. Elias Ilin, Sarah Stein, Edgar Reyes, and Grace Meagher. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (March 2023).

Guaranteed Income (GI) Dashboard: Visualizing Public Benefits Loss for Participants in GI Pilot Programs. Elias Ilin, Alexander Ruder, and Ellyn Terry. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (October 2021).

Policy Rules Database: Visualizing the US Social Safety Net. Elias Ilin and Ellyn Terry. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (August 2021).

The Racial Income Gap and Benefits Cliffs. Elias Ilin, Alexander Ruder, and Ellyn Terry. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (September/October 2020).

Amid the COVID-19 Crisis, a Tale of Two Southeastern Cities. Elias Ilin, John Robertson, Alex Ruder, and Ellyn Terry. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (May 2020).

Working Papers

Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax. (with Melinda Pitts and Laurence Kotlikoff) NBER Working Paper No 30159 (June 2022).

Does Access to Free Prekindergarten Increase Maternal Labor Supply? (with Samantha Shampine and Ellyn Terry) Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper (February 2022).

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