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.
Papers
Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
Robert Greenstein and Danilo Trisi examine poverty, deep poverty, and the poverty gap in the U.S. over time.
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
Tax Policy & Budget
Policy Proposals
Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
Tax Policy & Budget
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Digital addiction: Evidence and policy implications
Hunt Allcott, Matthew Gentzkow, and Lena Song present evidence of digital addiction among social media users.
Product market traps in social media: Evidence and policy implications
Leonardo Bursztyn, Benjamin Handel, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, and Christopher Roth find evidence that many social media users are caught in a "product market trap."
Six facts about union density in the United States
This set of economic facts describes trends in union density in the U.S. through 2025 in the public and private sector, among workers, and by state.
Earned paid time off should be a basic right
Nine out of 10 Americans support the idea that all workers should have the right to take paid time off from their jobs. So why is getting paid time off so hard…
A primer on SNAP work requirements (2025)
An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) summarizes the research on…
A primer on SNAP work requirements
Lauren Bauer and Chloe N. East review the literature on SNAP work requirements and answer frequently asked questions.
Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
On March 18, The Hamilton Project and Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy hosted an event on homeowners insurance and climate risk.
A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
This proposal outlines a federal reinsurance entity, US Re, to address rising premiums and volatility in the U.S. homeowners insurance market.
