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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.
Policy Proposals
Reforming regulation: A proposal to end unsound cost-benefit analysis requirements for tax and transfer rules
Greg Leiserson offers a proposal to streamline and accelerate rulemaking and improve the quality of the rulemaking process.
Effective Government
Tax Policy & Budget
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Posts
Who will care for an aging America? Takeaways from The Hamilton Project’s long-term care event
Health Care
Immigration
Posts
Who enters and who exits direct care jobs in long-term care settings?
Employment & Wages
Health Care
Policy Proposals
A direct care worker visa policy to support the aging US population
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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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.
Event recap—AI + work: Understanding AI’s impact on the labor market
On March 10, the Budget Lab at Yale, The Hamilton Project, and Peterson Institute for International Economics hosted an event on AI’s impact on the labor marke…
Research on AI and the labor market is still in the first inning
Jed Kolko reviews a selection of recent research on AI and the labor market and finds that “all the important questions about AI’s effects on the labor market …
Event recap—AI + work: Building pro-worker AI
On February 25, The Hamilton Project hosted a virtual event with Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Simon Johnson, and Natasha Sarin to discuss pro-worker AI.
