article · 2026
State Earned Income Tax Credits and Intimate Partner Violence
Violence Against Women
School of Social Work bio: Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack
Abstract
Employment and income are critical in aiding intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a strategic anti-poverty initiative, promoting workforce participation. This study investigates the effect of state-level EITC policies on physical IPV incidence. Utilizing data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) spanning 2011 to 2019, we performed a generalized linear model with fixed-effects individual slopes to estimate the relationship between the level of state EITC benefits and state-level IPV rates by quarter. We found that increased state EITC levels were correlated with reduced physical IPV reports to law enforcement. [Maguire-Jack, Kathryn; Chen, Yinqi; Park, Yanghyun; Zhao, Lijian] Univ Michigan, Sch Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI USA. [Marcal, Katherine] Rutgers State Univ, Sch Social Work, New Brunswick, NJ USA. Michigan; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick