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

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.

In this proposal, Harry Holzer outlines ways to boost students and workers in the American economy. He recommends enacting reforms to increase funding for the Higher Education Act of 1965, adding modest taxes on worker displacement, and more.

This analysis examines the impacts of the pandemic recession across different dimensions, including employment, labor force participation, and the need to switch industries and occupations.

Ten Senate Republicans recently proposed a $618-billion COVID relief package. In this piece, we provide an analysis of that package and update our analysis of the Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion fiscal package, using current-law GDP projections.

In 2021, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has re-published an interactive map using national chronic absence data reported by school districts to the U.S. Department of Education Office for the 2017-18 school year.