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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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Changes in the safety net over recent decades and their impact
This paper examines the U.S. safety net's evolution, effectiveness, and critiques.
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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A primer on SNAP work requirements
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
Social Insurance
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Work permit applications suggest prior immigration is still pushing up labor supply—for now
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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Higher new Census population estimates will affect the employment report
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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The economics of bail and pretrial detention
Two thirds of the jail population consist of defendants who have not been convicted. This paper characterizes key trends in pretrial detention and the bail sys…
The Hamilton Project: A year in figures
As the year comes to a close, we present an overview of some of the Hamilton Project’s top figures of 2018.
Rates of child experience of and exposure to food insecurity remain high
Despite improvements across a number of economic indicators, rates of child experience of and exposure to food insecurity have failed to see reductions in the …
Reducing food insecurity among households with children is still a challenge for the United States
Food insecurity is associated with negative educational outcomes and declining physical health in children. In this blog post, Lauren Bauer documents the curre…
The chilling effect of non-compete agreements
Current non-compete agreement practices limit entrepreneurship, information flow, and worker mobility.
Who is poor in the United States? A Hamilton Project annual report
Who are the millions of people living in poverty in the United States? In this economic analysis, we characterize those who were living in poverty in 2016, as …
Food insecurity among children in 2015
In this blog, The Hamilton Project examines how food insecurity affects children in the United States and policies that can help alleviate this problem.
Money lightens the load
In this economic analysis, THP analyzes the relationship between age, income, and measures of health status, as well as how these relationships have changed be…
