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The Hamilton Project produces and commissions policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth by embracing a significant role for well-designed government policies and public investment.
Policy Proposals
Reforming regulation: A proposal to end unsound cost-benefit analysis requirements for tax and transfer rules
Greg Leiserson offers a proposal to streamline and accelerate rulemaking and improve the quality of the rulemaking process.
Effective Government
Tax Policy & Budget
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Who will care for an aging America? Takeaways from The Hamilton Project’s long-term care event
Health Care
Immigration
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Who enters and who exits direct care jobs in long-term care settings?
Employment & Wages
Health Care
Policy Proposals
A direct care worker visa policy to support the aging US population
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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Policy Proposals
October 14, 2026
Reforming regulation: A proposal to end unsound cost-benefit analysis requirements for tax and transfer rules
Greg Leiserson offers a proposal to streamline and accelerate rulemaking and improve the quality of the rulemaking process.
Posts
October 5, 2026
Who will care for an aging America? Takeaways from The Hamilton Project’s long-term care event
On September 29, The Hamilton Project hosted an event to discuss policies for expanding access to long-term care. Read the key takeaways.
Posts
September 29, 2026
Who enters and who exits direct care jobs in long-term care settings?
An analysis from Krista Ruffini, Karen Shen, and Yulya Truskinovsky examines the high rates of turnover among direct care workers.
Policy Proposals
September 29, 2026
A direct care worker visa policy to support the aging US population
Tara Watson offers a proposal for a temporary employment-based visa, the H-1D, for direct care workers.
Papers
September 29, 2026
Rethinking Medicare home health
Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Yunan Ji, and Neale Mahoney examine the design of the Medicare home health benefit. They assess the program’s objectives and offe…
Papers
September 14, 2026
Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
Robert Greenstein and Danilo Trisi examine poverty, deep poverty, and the poverty gap in the U.S. over time.
Posts
August 25, 2026
The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach find that the SNAP cost shift to states will fluctuate unpredictably and considerably from year to year solely based on ran…
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June 22, 2026
Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
On June 16, The Hamilton Project, the Tax Law Center at NYU Law, and the Tax Policy Center hosted an event on business tax reform.
