Research

Broadly speaking, my research interests center around work-family policies;  inequality and redistribution; tax policy; population economics; the demography of caregiving, and public values. I am particularly interested in looking at the effect of policy interventions across generations and over the lifecourse.

Thus far, my work has been published in journals such as Review of Economics of the Household, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. I have been invited to present at conferences including the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), National Tax Association (NTA), and Population Association of America (PAA).

Peer-reviewed Publications

(* denotes alphabetical order / equal co-authorship)

Wiersma Strauss, A. (2026). The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Time Spent Helping and Caring for Adults Review of Economics of the Household, 24, 233-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-024-09731-8 

• Winner of a 2024 IPUMS Research Award, Time Use Category

• Policy Brief available at https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/274/ (SU Population Health Research Brief Series)

Lin, I., Wiemers, E., Chin, J., Wiersma Strauss, A., Seltzer, J., and Hotz, V.J (2024). Adult Children’s Responsiveness to Parental Needs during the Pandemic. Journal of Marriage and Family, 87(2), 460-477. http://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13043

Wiemers, E., Lin, I., Wiersma Strauss, A., Chin, J., Hotz, V.J., and Seltzer, J (2024). Racial-Ethnic Gaps in Pandemic-related Economic Hardship: Age Differences among Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Pyschological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae099 

Wiemers, E., Lin, I., Wiersma Strauss, A., Chin, J., Hotz, V.J., and Seltzer, J (2024). Age Differences in Experiences of Pandemic-related Health and Economic Challenges Among Adults Aged 55 and Older. The Gerontologist, 64(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae023 

Wiersma Strauss, A. (2021). Untangling Public Values: Incorporating Regime Values to Advance Research and Practice. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 4(4), 379–393. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvab020 

Working Papers

(* denotes alphabetical order / equal co-authorship)

Wiersma Strauss, A. (2026). The Effect of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Generosity on Household Consumption. SSRN Working Paper. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6188158

Wiersma Strauss, A., Burman, L., Crandall-Hollick, M., Hardy, B., and McClelland, R. (2026). Parental Time Use Amid Changing Incentives: Implications for the Design of Income Support Policies. SSRN Working Paper. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6182699

Wiersma Strauss, A., Burman, L., Crandall-Hollick, M., Hardy, B., and McClelland, R. (2025). Effects of Child Tax Credit Design on Employment. SSRN Working Paper. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5295286 

• Policy Brief available at https://taxpolicycenter.org/briefs/expanding-child-tax-credit-low-income-workers-or-parents-infants-would-have-modest (Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Research Brief Series)

Wiersma Strauss, A. (2025). The Child Tax Credit and Parental Labor Supply: Leveraging the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expansion. SSRN Working Paper. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5261981 

Michelmore, K.*, Wiersma Strauss, A.*, and Wiemers, E.E.* (2024). Does the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Reduce Caregiving for Parents? NBER Working Paper. https://www.nber.org/papers/w32583 

Works in Progress

(* denotes alphabetical order / equal co-authorship)

• Michelmore, K.*, Wiersma Strauss, A.*, and Wiemers, E.E.* Does the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) crowd out financial assistance from parents? Manuscript submitted for publication.

• Wiemers, E., Hotz, J., Abrahams, S., and Wiersma Strauss, A. The Consequences of Disabilities in Late Middle Age for Consumption Well-Being. Manuscript submitted for publication.

• Racial-Ethnic Gaps in Pandemic-related Economic Hardship among Older Adults: Examining the Role of Local Inequalities (with Emily E. Wiemers, I-Fen Lin, Janecca Chin, Halim Yoon, V. Joseph Hotz, and Judith A. Seltzer).

• The Health Effects of Reductions in Earned Income Tax Credit Generosity in Midlife (with Emily E. Wiemers and Katherine Michelmore).

• Family Friendly Employment and Later-Life Caregiving (with Meghan M. Skira, Yulya Truskinovsky, and Isabella Yerby).

• Effects of GLP-1 Medications on Cognitive Decline, Nursing Home Transition, and Health Care Costs (with Coady Wing, Mallory Dreyer, Momotazur Rahman, Alberto Ortega, and Tarik Yuce).