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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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The Hamilton Project: 2025 in figures
These nine data visualizations illustrate The Hamilton Project's work in 2025 on key economic policy challenges and developments.
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Learning curves: Post-COVID learning trajectories differ by the grade a student was in when the pandemic hit
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Artificial intelligence and algorithmic exclusion
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Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Who has access to charter schools?
Allowing charter schools to operate is a policy lever that can encourage innovation and improvement in the education sector through competition. Yet, for chart…
Promoting educational advancement and skill development through community colleges
In previously released work, The Hamilton Project has emphasized that individuals who obtain college-level education have notably higher earnings than those wi…
Major decisions: Graduates’ earnings growth and debt repayment
In a new interactive feature and economic analysis, The Hamilton Project explores how the current student loan repayment system often creates a heavy burden on…
Major decisions: What graduates earn over their lifetimes (2014)
This economic analysis explores career earnings by college major.
New analysis and interactive feature explore career earnings by college major
The value of higher education is widely reported. But what can graduates expect to earn given their choice of major & degree? THP’s new economic analysis & int…
Expanding preschool access for disadvantaged children
In this policy memo, Elizabeth U. Cascio and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach propose a framework for state and local governments calling for the establishment of h…
Improving employment outcomes for disadvantaged students
In this policy memo, Harry J. Holzer proposes the creation of financial incentives for public colleges and university systems to offer classes in high-return f…
Addressing the parenting divide to promote early childhood development for disadvantaged children
In this policy memo, Ariel Kalil proposes that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families create a task force s…
