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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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Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
This set of economic facts takes stock of the labor market through May 2025, paying particular attention to 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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Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Employment & Wages
Social Insurance
Tax Policy & Budget
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What is happening to America’s less-skilled workers? The importance of education and training in today’s economy
The Hamilton Project explores the employment and earnings trends facing America’s less-educated workers over the last few decades, and highlights training and …
Policies to reduce high-tenured displaced workers’ earnings losses through retraining
After being displaced from long-tenured jobs, workers often experience persistent, significant earnings losses. New research suggests that retraining in certai…
Raising job quality and skills for American workers: Creating more-effective education and workforce development systems in the States
Less educated workers often experience prolonged periods of unemployment and stagnating wages because they lack the skills necessary to compete in a global eco…
Building America’s job skills with effective workforce programs: A training strategy to raise wages and increase work opportunities
Amid the Great Recession and rapid technological changes, both workers with less education and workers who have been displaced from long-tenured jobs face chal…
Unemployment and earnings losses: The long-term impacts of the Great Recession on American workers
The Hamilton Project explores the experiences of workers who lost their jobs during the height of the Great Recession and finds that even those workers who hav…
What is happening to America’s children? A look at the widening opportunity gap for today’s youth
Resources available to children can have long-term effects on their quality of life. The Project examines the family earnings devoted to the typical American c…
Are we short-changing our future? The economic imperative of attracting great teachers
America's workforce needs a strong eduction system to compete and research demonstrates the power of a good teacher to boost student achievement. However, …
Taking the job gap to the state level: A closer look at the August employment numbers
As President Barack Obama prepares to give a major jobs address, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney examine the “job gap” across the United States, looking at …
