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Policy Proposals
October 19, 2017
A national paid parental leave policy for the United States
Despite widespread public support for paid parental leave, the United States is the only industrialized country without a national policy providing mothers wit…
Papers
October 12, 2017
Who is poor in the United States? A Hamilton Project annual report
Who are the millions of people living in poverty in the United States? In this economic analysis, we characterize those who were living in poverty in 2016, as …
Economic Facts
September 24, 2017
Thirteen facts about wage growth
One of the best measures economists use to determine Americans’ economic advancement is whether wages are rising, broadly and consistently. This document highl…
Papers
August 17, 2017
Who is out of the labor force?
Our nation’s labor force participation rate has fallen steadily since 1999, a trend that many economists find troubling, since the labor force participation ra…
Papers
August 4, 2017
The closing of the jobs gap: A decade of recession and recovery
In this economic analysis, The Hamilton Project evaluates the nation's economic recovery, assessing jobs growth at a national level and examining factors t…
Posts
June 19, 2017
Food insecurity among children in 2015
In this blog, The Hamilton Project examines how food insecurity affects children in the United States and policies that can help alleviate this problem.
Papers
May 11, 2017
Putting your major to work: Career paths after college
In this economic analysis, The Hamilton Project explores how college majors and occupations interact to produce a wide range of labor market outcomes. Differen…
Posts
May 11, 2017
Where will your degree take you? Career paths after college
In this blog post, we examine our economic analysis and interactive tool, "Putting Your Major to Work: Career Paths after College," exploring how college major…