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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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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
On June 16, The Hamilton Project, the Tax Law Center at NYU Law, and the Tax Policy Center hosted an event on business tax reform.
Tax Policy & Budget
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Policy Proposals
Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
Tax Policy & Budget
Policy Proposals
The future of US international corporate tax reform
Tax Policy & Budget
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Taking on tax: Toward progressive revenue-raising business tax reform
Tax Policy & Budget
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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…
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…
Policy Proposals
April 26, 2017
Labor force to lecture hall: Pell Grants and postsecondary policies in response to job loss
Currently, Pell Grants are designed to meet the needs of recent high school graduates. In this proposal, Turner explores the possibility of better tailoring Pe…
Policy Proposals
April 26, 2017
Understanding and addressing teacher shortages in the United States
While there is a popular perception of a national teacher shortage, the authors demonstrate that teacher shortages are in fact localized and subject-specific. …
Policy Proposals
October 21, 2016
Increasing employment for individuals with criminal records
Individuals who were formerly incarcerated often face great difficulty in re-entering the labor market after incarceration. A multi-pronged approach—inclusive …
Economic Facts
October 4, 2016
Seven facts on noncognitive skills from education to the labor market
In the past 30 years, the U.S. labor market has shifted dramatically toward increasing demand and reward for noncognitive skills. These noncognitive skills—els…
Posts
September 26, 2016
An update on who is poor in the United States
In order to address poverty, we must know who is poor and how the composition of who is poor is changing. This analysis describes who was living in poverty in …
Papers
June 21, 2016
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 …
