New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity and MDRC have launched a path-breaking demonstration project that is rigorously testing a new earnings supplement for low-income single adults — mostly men — with the goal of promoting work and reducing poverty. A direct response to the downward trend in employment, wages, and earnings among the least skilled, the project will simulate an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income single workers without dependent children.
On November 14, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings will hold a forum to introduce the experiment and analyze its possible effects. The event will open with an overview of the demonstration by Gordon Berlin, president of MDRC. A keynote address by Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) will follow. A panel of experts will then discuss the project and its implications for national policy.
Speakers will take questions from the audience. This event will be live webcast. Join the conversation on Twitter at #paycheckplus.
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