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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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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.
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 policy response and child well-being
Examines the impact of the pandemic and related policy responses on children.
Lessons learned from the breadth of economic policies during the pandemic
Reviews the macroeconomic impact of the breadth of the economic policy responses that produced a recovery that, while stronger than generally anticipated and s…
Lessons learned from support to business during COVID-19
This chapter of Recession Remedies surveys the federal subsidies and loans provided to businesses in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and also examines …
Lessons learned from support for the state and local sector during COVID-19
This chapter of Recession Remedies looks at the nearly $1 trillion that the federal government provided to state and local governments during the COVID-19 pand…
Lessons learned from monetary and fiscal policy during COVID-19
This chapter of Recession Remedies examines the role of monetary policy in keeping interest rates low in the wake of a surge in federal borrowing to assess whe…
