Publications
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.
Posts
Tracking National Labor Relations Board actions through its administrative data
Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock use administrative data from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to assess the number of cases the NLRB closed, the reason those cases closed, and the number of new cases filed in 2025, compared to recent years.
Effective Government
Employment & Wages
Read More
Economic Facts
Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
Employment & Wages
Posts
Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
Tax Policy & Budget
Posts
Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?
Economic Security & Inequality
Tax Policy & Budget
Explore All Publications
Decreasing the Patent Office’s incentives to grant invalid patents
There is general agreement that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues too many invalid patents—those patents issued on an existing technology or on an ob…
The next generation of transportation policy
In this paper, Greenstone, Sunstein and Ori propose two major steps towards simplifying fuel efficiency standards and refocusing the program on achieving guara…
Learning what works in educational technology with a case study of EDUSTAR
Innovations in technology hold great promise for application in education, and yet new educational technologies have yet to fundamentally advance student outco…
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 …
Correcting signals for innovation in health care
When Americans select health insurance, they cannot choose what technologies and treatments to include in their coverage. The fact that Americans have little c…
Racing ahead or falling behind? Six economic facts about transportation infrastructure in the United States
Many agree on the need for increased investment in America’s aging infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and airports. This set of economic facts provide o…
