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

A new data interactive by The Hamilton Project—which includes data for every school and zip code in the U.S.—examines factors that affect learning at local elementary, middle and high school levels.

In this economic analysis, The Hamilton Project finds that changing employment and school enrollment patterns have contributed to declining labor force participation among youth, ages 16 to 24.

In this economic analysis, The Hamilton Project finds that the decline in private-sector union membership is economically important for the future of labor.

This new book offers detailed policy proposals for making current programs—including unemployment insurance, nutrition assistance, basic temporary assistance, employment subsidies, and infrastructure spending—more effective as automatic stabilizers.

On May 16, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth co-convened a forum to explore policy options to reduce the impact of the next recession.

On April 3, Hamilton Project Director Jay Shambaugh testified before the U.S. House Agriculture Committee on SNAP work requirements.

These nine economic facts characterize the current use of monetary sanctions in the criminal justice system, highlighting the economic and social costs that they pose to defendants and society.