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The Hamilton Project produces and commissions policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth by embracing a significant role for well-designed government policies and public investment.
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High mortgage rates are probably here for a while
An analysis identifies factors behind the increase in mortgage rates and the gap between mortgage rates and U.S. Treasury securities.
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October 12, 2023
Declining school enrollment since the pandemic
An analysis of public school enrollment decline after the COVID-19 pandemic looks at differences by socioeconomic status, locale, and types of schools.
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October 14, 2021
Has COVID disrupted the postsecondary pipeline?
Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, Wendy Edelberg, Elisabeth Raczek, and Winnie Yee explore how the decision whether to enroll in school or work during the pa…
Policy Proposals
May 12, 2021
Increasing Federal Investment in Children’s Early Care and Education to Raise Quality, Access, and Affordability
In this proposal, Elizabeth Davis and Aaron Sojourner of the University of Minnesota propose an ambitious vision to increase federal funding for Early Childhoo…
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January 11, 2021
Higher Education’s Reopening Decisions Affected the Most Vulnerable Students
In this analysis, Kristen Broady, Eliana Buckner, Jennifer Umanzor, and Sarah Wheaton find that while nearly every school in our sample offered in-person exper…
Policy Proposals
October 8, 2020
Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today: Twin Proposals for the Future of Learning, Opportunity, and Work
In this proposal, Richard Arum and Mitchell Stevens propose twin federal government initiatives to incentivize innovation in instructional delivery throughout …
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October 8, 2020
Major Decisions: What Graduates Earn Over Their Lifetimes
For many years, The Hamilton Project has produced data interactives that help young people make decisions regarding their education and careers. We have update…
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October 1, 2020
Teen Disengagement is on the Rise
In this analysis, we present two data interactives that let you explore how trends in teen labor force participation and school enrollment during the academic …
Papers
July 30, 2020
The Effect of Pandemic EBT on Measures of Food Hardship
In this blog post, Lauren Bauer, Abigail Pitts, Krista Ruffini, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach find that Pandemic EBT reduced food hardship experienced by low…