The Distribution of Household Income, 2014
March 19, 2018In 2014, household income was unevenly distributed: Households at the top of the income distribution received significantly more income than households at the bottom of the distribution....
View ArticleAnswers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Oversight of CBO...
February 23, 2018On January 24, 2018, the Senate Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which CBO Director Keith Hall testified about the agency’s work in 2017 and its future plans. After the...
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Trends in the Distribution of Household Income
November 16, 2017Using CBO’s new distributional framework and improved estimates of income from means-tested transfers, this presentation examines the distribution of household income and how...
View ArticleAnswers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on CBO’s...
August 3, 2017On June 21, 2017, the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Senate Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing at which Keith Hall, Director of the Congressional Budget Office,...
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How Taxes and Transfers Affect the Work Incentives of People With Low and...
March 17, 2017While testifying at Congressional hearings in February, CBO’s Director was asked a number of questions about how federal taxes and benefits affect people’s incentive to work. Because...
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Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65: 2016...
March 24, 2016The federal government subsidizes health insurance for most Americans through a variety of federal programs and tax preferences. In 2016, those subsidies for people under age 65 will...
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Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low- and Moderate-Income Workers in 2016
November 19, 2015The effective marginal tax rate (for brevity, hereafter referred to as the marginal tax rate) is the percentage of an additional dollar of earnings that is unavailable to an individual...
View ArticleFederal Housing Assistance for Low-Income Households
September 9, 2015In 2014, the federal government provided about $50 billion in housing assistance specifically designated for low-income households. That assistance—which is made available both through...
View ArticleS. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on April 22, 2015
View ArticleH.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 23, 2015
View ArticleEstimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment...
February 20, 2015In February 2009, in response to significant weakness in the economy, lawmakers enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The legislation’s numerous spending and...
View ArticleOptions for Reducing the Deficit: 2015 to 2024
November 20, 2014CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents 79—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit. The report has both...
View ArticlePresentation on the Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006
May 15, 2014Presentation by Molly Dahl and Kevin Perese, CBO Analysts, at the NTA Spring SymposiumPresentation on the Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006 from Congressional Budget Office
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Testimony on Increasing the Minimum Wage: Effects on Employment and Family...
March 12, 2014Testimony by Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO Director, before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States SenateThis testimony reprisesThe Effects of a Minimum-Wage...
View ArticleEstimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment...
February 21, 2014A subsequent version of this report was published in February 2015. In February 2009, in response to significant weakness in the economy, lawmakers enacted the American Recovery and...
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The Effects of a Minimum-Wage Increase on Employment and Family Income
February 18, 2014Increasing the minimum wage would have two principal effects on low-wage workers. Most of them would receive higher pay that would increase their family’s income, and some of those...
View ArticlePresentation on the Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006
December 3, 2013Presentation by Molly Dahl and Kevin Perese, CBO Analysts, at the Urban InstituteThe Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006 from Congressional Budget Office
View ArticleS. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on April 22, 2015
View ArticleH.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 23, 2015
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