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Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
This set of economic facts takes stock of the labor market through May 2025, paying particular attention to prime-age labor force participation.
Employment & Wages
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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?
Economic Security & Inequality
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Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Employment & Wages
Social Insurance
Tax Policy & Budget
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Occupational licensing and American workers
This economic analysis focuses on the role of occupational licensing—that is, the legal permission that many workers must obtain before working in professions …
Leveling the playing field for workers by reforming non-competes
In this op-ed, Hamilton Project Policy Director Ryan Nunn discusses how reforming non-competes could level the playing field for workers.
An additional measure of The Hamilton Project’s jobs gap analysis
This month The Hamilton Project introduces an additional methodology, in addition to our standard monthly “jobs gap” measure (which calculates the number of jo…
The opportunities and challenges for workers in the online gig economy
While forms of nontraditional and contingent work relationships such as subcontracted, temporary, part-time, and seasonal work are not new, the emergence of th…
Workers and the online gig economy
In this framing paper, The Hamilton Project describes the broader economic context of contingent employer–employee relationships and where the emerging on-dema…
A proposal for modernizing labor laws for 21st century work: The “independent worker”
The rise of technological intermediaries enabling workers to engage in the gig economy has resulted in protracted legal battles over whether to classify these …
Ten economic facts about financial well-being in retirement
Rising life expectancy and potentially exorbitant long-term care costs have increased the financial resources required to support oneself and one’s spouse in r…
Profiles of change: Employment, earnings, and occupations from 1990–2013
There has been tremendous focus in recent years on the plight of the typical American worker. In this economic analysis, The Hamilton Project takes a careful l…
