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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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The changing demographics of business ownership
Gaps in business ownership have shrunk with a rise in Black and Hispanic entrepreneurship in recent years.
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Event recap—Securing the safety net for working-age adults
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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The safety net should work for working-age adults
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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The austere US safety net for poor, non-elderly adults who are not raising children and do not receive disability benefits
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Increasing Annuitization of 401(k) Plans with Automatic Trial Income
This paper proposes a policy that would increase the role of lifetime income products in future retirees’ overall retirement planning.
Employment-Based Tax Credits for Low-Skilled Workers
This paper proposes increasing the return to work for low-income families through the expansion the earned income tax credit for low-income childless taxpayers…
A Hand Up: A Strategy to Reward Work, Expand Opportunity, and Reduce Poverty
This paper offers a strategy to reduce poverty and strengthen growth across the income spectrum by helping people find jobs, investing in human capital, and cr…
New Hope: Fulfilling America’s Promise to “Make Work Pay”
The New Hope program was designed to assist workers by providing work supports including access to quality child care and health insurance. This paper evaluate…
Fundamental Restructuring of Unemployment Insurance: Wage-Loss Insurance and Temporary Earnings Replacement Accounts
This paper describes a proposal to restructure social insurance after job loss in order to improve protection against long-term effects of unemployment, provid…
Reforming Unemployment Insurance for the 21st Century Workforce
The current system of unemployment insurance has not been updated since 1935 and is in need of reform to meet the needs of today’s workforce. This paper outlin…
Universal Insurance: Enhancing Economic Security to Promote Opportunity
In the past three decades, American families have faced a dramatic increase in economic risk. This paper responds to this rise by proposing a broad-based, stop…
