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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
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Economic Facts
Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
Employment & Wages
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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
Tax Policy & Budget
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Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?
Economic Security & Inequality
Tax Policy & Budget
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Food security shouldn’t take a summer vacation
Pandemic EBT has the potential to be a powerful tool to fight food hardship among children when schools close for summer. But to realize its potential, states …
Can a hot but smaller labor market keep making gains in participation?
An analysis of the size and composition of the labor force identifies both populations and policies that could contribute to gains in labor force participation.
Event recap—Lessons for strengthening social insurance
A June 2022 Hamilton Project event explored how program design matters for the long-term success of social insurance programs.
Targeting, universalism, and other factors affecting social programs’ political strength
Robert Greenstein looks back at the last four decades of social programs to assess factors affecting social programs' political strength, as well as their pove…
Event recap—Tackling international tax
During The Hamilton Project's “Tackling International Tax” event, experts explored significant changes to the taxing of international corporate income.
Six economic facts on international corporate taxation
Significant proposed changes to tax policy would bring the US system more in line with the new consensus on international corporate tax policy. These six econo…
Inflation-related updates to Recession Remedies
In this analysis we offer inflation-related updates to Chapter 1 of Recession Remedies: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Economic Policy Response to COVID-19, hig…
Lessons learned from the use of nontraditional data during COVID-19
Examines the use and value of nontraditional data sources, such as private payroll service providers and restaurant reservation services.
