Affiliation:
1. Department of Economics and Finance Georgia College & State University Milledgeville Georgia USA
Abstract
AbstractThis research investigates which individuals are aware of and claim the federal adoption tax credit. Using a probit model, I find that the probability that one claims the credit increases with one's income and is lower for Black adoptive parents compared to White ones. These discrepancies in usage stem from different probabilities of knowing about the credit. However, conditional on awareness, I find that the probability of claiming the credit is no different among members of differing income or racial groups, implying that a direct way to increase take‐up of the tax credit could simply be increasing awareness of it.
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