Emma Sifre

Senior Data Analyst

Emma Sifre


Emma works to support and expand ITEP’s microsimulation model and other off-model analyses. Her work aims to disaggregate the effects of tax policy changes by race, income, citizenship status, and geography. Before joining the team, Emma researched domestic social policy at the Congressional Research Service. She received an Interdisciplinary B.A. in Economic Inequality from the University of Connecticut and her MSc in Public Policy from University College London.

emma at itep.org

Recent Publications and Posts   view more

  • High-Rent, Low-Wealth: Addressing the Racial Wealth Gap through a Federal Renter Credit

    While the federal tax code has some policies focused on raising income of low earners, it contains fewer provisions designed specifically to address wealth inequality. A renter tax credit offers a simple, administratively practical means of reaching low-wealth populations through the federal tax code without requiring a comprehensive measurement of every household’s wealth.

  • Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants

    Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both because their wages would rise and because their rates of tax compliance would increase.