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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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The safety net should work for working-age adults
Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) receive minimal support from traditional safety net programs. Many struggle to work because of health conditions, disabilities, and precarity in the low-wage labor market.
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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The austere US safety net for poor, non-elderly adults who are not raising children and do not receive disability benefits
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Poverty and poverty reduction among non-elderly, nondisabled, childless adults in affluent countries: The United States in cross-national perspective
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
Economic Facts
Ten economic facts about rental housing
Housing & Infrastructure
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Examining the Economic Status of Same-Gender Relationship Households
Using new data from the American Community Survey, Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, and Moriah Macklin look into why some same-gender relationship household…
Labor market exits and entrances are elevated: who is coming back?
In this analysis Lauren Bauer and Wendy Edelberg identify when and which people are returning to labor market and explore how changing participation rates by d…
Has COVID disrupted the postsecondary pipeline?
Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, Wendy Edelberg, Elisabeth Raczek, and Winnie Yee explore how the decision whether to enroll in school or work during the pa…
Women, Work, and Families: Recovering from the Pandemic-Induced Recession
Betsey Stevenson reviews what has happened to women’s employment and labor force participation in the recovery from the pandemic.
Time Waited for No Mom in 2020
From May-December 2020, working moms with kid(s) 12 and under spent more weekday hours on child care than working.
Removing Policy Obstacles to Competitive Labor Markets
Ryan Nunn outlines reforms to occupational licensing and non-compete contracts that would boost labor market competition and benefit workers.
Examining the uneven and hard-to-predict labor market recovery
Lauren Bauer, Arindrajit Dube, Wendy Edelberg, and Aaron Sojourner explore the factors leading to slower-than-expected employment gains during the post-COVID e…
Mothers are Being Left Behind in the Economic Recovery from COVID-19
In a new blog, Lauren Bauer provides new evidence that mothers — particularly mothers of children under five and unmarried mothers — are being left behind in t…
