Low-wage parents can help their kids avoid poverty for decades if they get this one tax credit

"You have to be working, but you don't want to be working too much, because you essentially start losing some of the maximum benefits," Nicardo McInnis, assistant professor of economics at California State University, Northridge who led the study, told Insider. "For families that don't really have an attachment to the labor market or have a weak attachment, they are not going to be earning sufficient income that qualifies them for the EITC that could potentially make a difference in their kids' lives."

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