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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.
Policy Proposals
Reforming regulation: A proposal to end unsound cost-benefit analysis requirements for tax and transfer rules
Greg Leiserson offers a proposal to streamline and accelerate rulemaking and improve the quality of the rulemaking process.
Effective Government
Tax Policy & Budget
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Who will care for an aging America? Takeaways from The Hamilton Project’s long-term care event
Health Care
Immigration
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Who enters and who exits direct care jobs in long-term care settings?
Employment & Wages
Health Care
Policy Proposals
A direct care worker visa policy to support the aging US population
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
Robert Greenstein and Danilo Trisi examine poverty, deep poverty, and the poverty gap in the U.S. over time.
The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach find that the SNAP cost shift to states will fluctuate unpredictably and considerably from year to year solely based on ran…
A primer on SNAP work requirements (2025)
An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) summarizes the research on…
A primer on SNAP work requirements
Lauren Bauer and Chloe N. East review the literature on SNAP work requirements and answer frequently asked questions.
Event recap—Addressing threats to the SNAP program
On October 30, The Hamilton Project hosted a webcast to highlight the importance of SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown and in the wake of major cuts to …
SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response
Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach analyze how SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect the program’s response to recessions.
Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Changes proposed in the budget bill would undermine SNAP's role as an automatic stabilizer during recessions.
Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard show that work requirements are poorly matched to the nature of employment in the service sector.
