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Place-based policies for shared economic growth
Where people live in the United States is often a key determinant of their economic outcomes. This article explores the disparities that exist between counties…
Improving health care through occupational licensing reform
In this blog post, Hamilton Project Policy Director Ryan Nunn discusses occupational licensing reform and its potential impact on the U.S. health care system. …
Policy actions that would revitalize wage growth
Revitalizing wage growth is crucial to raising living standards, yet U.S. wage growth has been disappointing both in recent years and over the last several dec…
Removing barriers to female labor-force participation
This op-ed originally appeared in Real Clear Markets, Shambaugh, Nunn, and Portman discuss the barriers that women face in the labor market, arguing that remov…
Why wages aren’t growing in America
In this article, Hamilton Project Director Jay Shambaugh and Policy Director Ryan Nunn address why wages aren't growing in the United States.
We’ve fixed the jobs gap, but people still aren’t working
In this op-ed, Hamilton Project Director Jay Shambaugh discusses the closing of the jobs gap, the many people in the United States who are still out of work, a…
What does the Seattle experience teach us about minimum wages?
In this op-ed, Hamilton Project Director Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and THP author Jesse Rothstein discuss a recent study examining the effect of raising the …
Rule reversal: How the Feds can challenge state regulation
An oft-repeated observation is that government works best when it is closest to the people. But when local and state governments are unduly influenced by speci…
