Research

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

Coyne, David, Itzik Fadlon, Shanthi P. Ramnath, and Patricia K. Tong, 2024. Household Labor Supply and the Value of Social Security Survivors Benefits, American Economic Review, 114(5): 1248-1280.

Cantor, Jonathan and Patricia K. Tong, 2023. Geographical Access to Specialized Behavioral Health Treatment Programs for U.S. Active Duty Service Members and Military Families from Military Installations, Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol. 34.

Lin, Emily Y. and Patricia K. Tong, 2017. Using Administrative Tax Data to Estimate Work Participation and Earnings Elasticities of of Married Couples, International Tax and Public Finance, 24(6), 997 - 1025.

Ramnath, Shanthi and Patricia K. Tong, 2017. The Persistent Reduction in Poverty from Filing a Tax Return, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(4), 367-394.

Lin, Emily Y. and Patricia K. Tong, 2012. Marriage and Taxes: What Can We Learn from Tax Returns Filed by Cohabiting Couples?, National Tax Journal, 65(4), 807-826. 

Tong, Patricia K., 2011. The Effects of California Minimum Nurse Staffing Laws on Nurse Labor and Patient Mortality in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Health Economics, 20(7), 802-816. 

Other Publications

Gleason, Suzanne and Patricia K. Tong, 2015. Nontaxable Combat Pay Election and the Earned Income Tax Credit, 2015 IRS Research Bulletin: 207-215.

Lin, Emily Y. and Patricia K. Tong, 2014. Effects of Marriage Penalty Relief Tax Policy on Marriage Taxes and Marginal Tax Rates of Cohabiting Couples, National Tax Association Proceedings from the 107th Annual Conference (November 2014).

Tong, Patricia K., 2014. Tracking EITC Qualifying Children Over Time, National Tax Association Proceedings from the 107th Annual Conference (November 2014).

Kawano, Laura, Shanthi Ramnath, and Patricia K. Tong, 2012. A Re-Balancing Act? Understanding Patterns in Refunds and Balances Due, National Tax Association Proceedings from the 105th Annual Conference (November 2012).