The Hamilton Project produces evidence-based policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth.

In a new blog, Lauren Bauer, Sara Estep, and Winnie Yee document declines in labor force participation among mothers and provide evidence of how mothers spent their time in 2020.

In a new blog, Ryan Nunn outlines reforms to occupational licensing and non-compete contracts that would boost labor market competition and benefit workers.

In a new blog, Elizabeth Lee, Sophia Mariam, Este Griffith, Robert Greenstein explore the role of social insurance and highlight policy proposals for reforms that would make vital and lasting improvements to the U.S. social insurance system.  

In a new framing paper, Hamilton Project experts examine the U.S. social insurance system and provide an overview of major federal programs in the areas of education and workforce development, health, income support, nutrition, and housing opportunity.

In a new blog, Mitchell Barnes, Mark Booth, Wendy Edelberg, and Sara Estep analyze data from the Daily Treasury Statements and examine the impact of the recession on households and business owners across the income distribution.

On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will host a webcast examining reforms to the social insurance system.

Lauren Bauer, Arindrajit Dube, Wendy Edelberg, and Aaron Sojourner explore factors leading to slower-than-expected employment gains during the post-COVID economic recovery as well as circumstances holding people back from participating in the labor force.

On May 26, 2021, Lauren Bauer testified before the the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations on the subject of “The Future of SNAP: Moving Past the Pandemic”.

In a new blog, Bob Greenstein outlines the future of the Child Tax Credit, and examines how the American Family Plan can help make this credit permanent. 

In a new policy proposal, Tanya Byker and Elena Patel propose the creation of a federal Paid Parental and Medical Leave (PPML) program. 

In this proposal, Elizabeth Davis and Aaron Sojourner propose an ambitious vision to increase federal funding for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECE).

In a new blog, Lauren Bauer provides new evidence that mothers — particularly mothers of children under five and unmarried mothers — are being left behind in the economic recovery from COVID-19.

In this analysis, Wendy Edelberg, Elizabeth Lee, Sara Estep, Madison Bober highligh a selection of policy proposals from The Hamilton Project’s 2020 book titled Tackling the Tax Code: Efficient and Equitable Ways to Raise Revenue.

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will host a webcast examining reforms to federal policies around paid family and sick leave and early childhood education and care.

In this proposal, Arindrajit Dube offers a comprehensive plan to reform and modernize the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system to reflect and align with the challenges of the current labor market.

In this proposal, Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Benjamin Keys propose a plan to support homeowners and renters to stabilize households and housing markets during future economic downturns.

In this economic analysis, experts offer new insights on the recent history of housing policy from the latter half of the 20th century to today, compare homeowner and renter experiences, and analyze housing assistance policies.

In this analysis, Jay Shambaugh provides evidence to help interpret forthcoming releases of inflation data as they begin to capture the impact of the COVID-19 downturn.

These economic facts detail some of the ways in which work, time, and caregiving have changed for mothers with young children from before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020 until early 2021.

On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will host a webcast examining policy options to improve UI and housing support in the U.S.

In this economic analysis, experts examine data on the 60 jobs that employ the most workers in the United States and have the highest and lowest susceptibility to automation in the next 10 to 20 years, with a particular focus on Black and Hispanic workers.