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April 28, 2014
The unequal burden of crime and incarceration on America’s poor
The Hamilton Project highlights the disproportionate burden of crime and incarceration on America’s poor. For too many Americans, that means living in a commun…
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April 4, 2014
Nationwide and state-by-state “jobs gap” update for March 2014
Each month, The Hamilton Project calculates America’s “jobs gap,” or the number of jobs that the U.S. economy needs to create in order to return to pre-recessi…
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March 27, 2014
New tax legislation would increase the return to work for low- and middle-income working families
Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray introduced legislation that would provide tax relief for working families by establishing a deduction for two-e…
Policy Proposals
March 24, 2014
Unlocking spectrum value through improved allocation, assignment, and adjudication of spectrum rights
In a new Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, J. Pierre de Vries and Philip J. Weiser propose further reforms to move spectrum regulation away from its “command-…
Papers
March 17, 2014
Unleashing the economic promise of wireless spectrum
In a new policy memo, The Hamilton Project highlights four policy challenges hampering the economic potential of wireless spectrum and opportunities to address…
Posts
March 7, 2014
Closing the jobs gap: February 2014 jobs gap update
As of the end of February 2014, our nation faces a jobs gap of 7.5 million jobs. This chart shows how the jobs gap has evolved since the start of the Great Rec…
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February 7, 2014
Closing the jobs gap: January 2014 jobs gap update
As of the end of January 2014, our nation faces a jobs gap of 7.6 million jobs. The Hamilton Project updates our jobs gap calculator.
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January 10, 2014
The “ripple effect” of a minimum wage increase on American workers
In this month’s Hamilton Project employment analysis, we consider the “ripple effects” of a minimum wage increase on near-minimum wage workers, finding that a …