Is Information Enough? The Effect of Information about Education Tax Benefits on Student Outcomes
Authors: Peter Bergman, Jeff Denning, Day Manoli
This paper examines the impacts of informational outreach on education tax benefits on student outcomes.
The Effects of EITC Correspondence Audits on Low-Income Earners
Authors: John Guyton, Kara Leibel, Day Manoli, Ankur Patel, Mark Payne, Brenda Schafer
This paper uses administrative tax data to examine the impacts of EITC correspondence audits on EITC claiming, tax filing, wage earnings and other tax outcomes.
Long-Term Effects of Job-Search Assistance: Experimental Evidence Using Administrative Tax Data
Authors: Day Manoli, Marios Michaelides, Ankur Patel
This paper uses administrative tax data to examine the long-term effects of an experimental job-search assistance program operating in Nevada in 2009.
The Effects of the Early Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions
Authors: Day Manoli, Andrea Weber
This paper examines the effects of increasing the Early Retirement Age on older individuals’ decisions to exit their jobs and retire.
Reminders & Recidivism
Authors: John Guyton, Day Manoli, Brenda Schafer and Michael Sebastiani
This project presents experimental evidence on the effects of one-time and follow-up reminders on tax filing decisions among lower-income nonfilers.
Psychological Frictions and Incomplete Take-up
Authors: Saurabh Bhargava, Day Manoli
Bhargava, Saurabh, and Dayanand Manoli. 2015. “Psychological Frictions and the Incomplete Take-Up of Social Benefits: Evidence from an IRS Field Experiment.” American Economic Review, 105(11): 3489-3529.
This paper analyzes a field experiment conducted in collaboration with the IRS to examine response rates to different taxpayer notifications.
Nudges and Learning: Evidence from Informational Interventions for Low-Income Taxpayers
Authors: Day Manoli, Nick Turner
Manoli, Dayanand S., and Nick Turner. Nudges and Learning: Evidence from Informational Interventions for Low-Income Taxpayers No. w20718. National Bureau of Economic Research.
This paper examines the extent to which notices for low-income taxpayers have persistent impacts on tax filing and claiming of EITC benefits.
Effects of Financial Incentives on Retirement Decisions
Authors: Day Manoli, Andrea Weber
Manoli, Dayanand S., and Andrea Weber. Nonparametric evidence on the effects of financial incentives on retirement decisions.No. w17320. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011.
This paper examines how long individuals are willing to delay their retirements in response to anticipated increases in retirement benefits.
Cash-on-Hand & College Enrollment
Authors: Day Manoli, Nick Turner
Manoli, Dayanand S., and Nicholas Turner. Cash-on-Hand & College Enrollment: Evidence from Population Tax Data and Policy Nonlinearities No. w19836. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014.
This paper examines how cash-on-hand from tax refunds in the high school senior year affects college enrollment.
Are there Returns to Experience at Low-Skill Jobs?
Authors: Adam Looney, Day Manoli
This paper examines wage growth for single mothers before and after welfare reforms and EITC expansions in the 1990s.