#  Publications 

 



*Recent Papers*

[Independent Taxation, Horizontal Equity, and Return-Free Filing](/file_url/141) (with Daniel Ramsey), *Tax Policy and the Economy* 33 (July 2019),

[The Decline, Rebound, and Further Rise in SNAP Enrollment: Disentangling Business Cycle Fluctuations and Policy Changes ](/file_url/114)(with Peter Ganong), *American Economic Journal: Economic Policy* 10:4 (November 2018), 153-176.

[Using Data to More Rapidly Address Difficult U.S. Social Problems](/file_url/140), *Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science* 675:1 (January 2018), 166-181.

[Do Expiring Budgets Lead to Wasteful Year-End Spending? Evidence from Federal Procurement](/file_url/120) (with Neale Mahoney), *American Economic Review* 107:11 (November 2017), 3510-2549.

[Understanding the Increase in Disability Insurance Benefit Receipt in the United States](/file_url/142), *Journal of Economic Perspectives* 29:2 (Spring 2015), 123-150.

*Research on Tax and Budget Policy*

[The Deterioration in the U.S. Fiscal Outlook, 2001-2010](/file_url/143), *Tax Policy and the Economy* 27 (October 2013), 1-18.

[Earnings Responses to Increases in Payroll Taxes](/file_url/118) (with Emmanuel Saez), October 2006.

[Savings Incentives for Low- and Middle-income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H&R Block](/file_url/107) (with Esther Duflo, William Gale, Peter Orszag, and Emmanuel Saez), *Quarterly Journal of Economics* 121 (November 2006), 1311-1346.

[Fiscal Policy and Social Security Policy During the 1990s](/file_url/112) (with Douglas Elmendorf and David Wilcox) in *American Economic Policy in the 1990s*, MIT Press, 2002.

[Social Security Reform and National Saving in an Era of Budget Surpluses](/file_url/104) (with Douglas Elmendorf), *Brookings Papers on Economic Activity*, 2000:2.

[The Middle Class Parent Penalty: Child Benefits in the U.S. Tax Code](/file_url/111) (with David Ellwood), *Tax Policy and the Economy*, 2001.

*Research on Health Policy*

[Simple Humans, Complex Insurance, Subtle Subsidies](/file_url/125) (with Richard Zeckhauser), NBER Working Paper 14330 (September 2008).

*Research and Opinion Pieces on Social Security and Social Security Reform*

[Social Security](/file_url/105) (with Martin Feldstein). *Handbook of Public Economics.* Volume 4. 2002.

[Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence from a Field Experiment](/file_url/119) (with Erzo Luttmer), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 7:1 (February 2015), 275-299.

[Labor Supply Responses to Marginal Social Security Benefits: Evidence from Discontinuities](/file_url/126) (with Erzo Luttmer and David Seif), *Journal of Public Economics,* 93(11-12), pp. 1119-1284, December 2009.

[Reforming Social Security: Not All Privatization Schemes are Created Equal](/file_url/102), *Harvard Magazine*, March-April, 2005.

[Realizing the Potential of China's Social Security Pension System](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/ChinaSSreform_Chinese.pdf) (with Martin Feldstein), *China Economic Times*, February 24, 2006. [English version.](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/ChinaSSreform_English.pdf)

[Social Security Meets Race](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/309/5743/1965), *Science*, September 23, 2005, Vol. 309. no. 5743, p. 1965.

[Is Social Security Unfair to the Poor?](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/mypostoped.htm) *Washington Post*, July 29, 2001.

[Redistribution in the Current U.S. Social Security System.](/file_url/132) In *Distributional Aspects of Investment-based Social Security Reform.*

[The Distributional Effects of an Investment Based Social Security System](/file_url/144) (with Martin Feldstein), NBER working paper 7492, January 2000. In *Distributional Aspects of Investment-based Social Security Reform.*

[The Role of Annuities in a Reformed U.S. Social Security System](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2002_17_annuity.pdf), AARP Public Policy Institute Report 2002-17, December 2002.

*Research on the Earned Income Tax Credit*

[The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Incentives and Income Distribution](/file_url/127), *Tax Policy and the Economy*, volume 12, 1998.

[Labor Supply Response to the Earned Income Tax Credit](/file_url/108) (with Nada Eissa), *Quarterly Journal of Economics*, May 1996.

[Who are the Ineligible EITC Recipients?](/file_url/109) *National Tax Journal*, December 2000.

[The Optimal Design of the Earned Income Tax Credit](/file_url/124), In *Making Work Pay* 2002.

[The Earned Income Tax Credit Abroad: Implications of the British Working Families Tax Credit For Pay-As-You-Earn Administration](/file_url/128), (with Janet Holtzblatt), *Proceedings of the National Tax Association*, 1999.

[The EITC Compliance Problem](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/jcprsurvey.htm), *Joint Center for Policy Research News*, Summer 1998.

*Research on Housing Policy and Neighborhood Effects*

[What Can We Learn About Neighborhood Effects from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment?](/file_url/121) (with Jens Ludwig, Jeffrey Kling, Greg Duncan, Larry Katz, Ronald Kessler, and Lisa Sanbonmatsu), *American Journal of Sociology* 114 (July 2008), 144-88.

[Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects](/file_url/113) (with Jeffrey Kling and Lawrence Katz), *Econometrica* 75 (January 2007), 83-119.

[Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Impacts of a Randomized Mobility Experiment](/file_url/123) (with Lawrence Katz and Jeffrey Kling), *Quarterly Journal of Economics*, May 2001.

[Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Final Report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/mto_boston_hudreport.pdf) (with Lawrence Katz and Jeffrey Kling). In *Choosing a Better Life? Evaluating the Moving to Opportunity Social Experiment.* Edited by John Goering and Judith Feins. Washington: Urban Institute Press, 2003.

[Bullets Don't Got No Name: Consequences of Fear in the Ghetto](/file_url/122) (with Jeffrey Kling and Lawrence Katz). Forthcoming in *Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development: New Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life.* Edited by Thomas S. Weisner. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2004.

[Beyond Treatment Effects: Estimating the Relationship Between Neighborhood Poverty and Individual Outcomes in the MTO Experiment](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/Liebman_Katz_Kling_Beyond_Treatment_Effects.pdf) (with Lawrence Katz and Jeffrey Kling). August 2004.

[Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects on Youth](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/klingliebman2004.pdf) (with Jeffrey Kling). May 2004.

[Moving to Opportunity and Tranquility: Neighborhood Effects on Adult Economic Self-Sufficiency and Health from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment](/files/jeffreyliebman/files/opportunity&tranquility.pdf) (with Jeffrey Kling, Lawrence Katz, and Lisa Sanbonmatsu). May 2004.

*Research on Executive Compensation*

[The Taxation of Executive Compensation](/file_url/116) (with Brian Hall), *Tax Policy and the Economy*, volume 14, 2000.

[Are CEOs Really Paid Like Bureaucrats?](/file_url/115) (with Brian Hall), *Quarterly Journal of Economics*, August 1998.