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The United States currently has a large number of policies designed to assist low-income workers. The primary mechanism is the U.S. tax code, with revenue losses to tax credits for low-income workers, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, amounting to tens of billions of dollars. Other mechanisms, such as welfare and minimum wage, are also relied upon.

This AEI conference will bring to together a group of experts to put the current policies on the table and discuss whether they are working effectively, whether they are properly formulated, and whether alternatives exist that would be preferable. The first panel will assess the state of current U.S. policies, evaluate their effectiveness, and discuss potential policy responses to identified shortcomings. The second panel will discuss Edmund Phelps’s recent proposal to subsidize the employment of low-income workers.