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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 for American workers?
Economic Security & Inequality
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A primer on SNAP work requirements
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
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Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
Energy & Climate
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A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
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Nine facts about monetary sanctions in the criminal justice system
Interacting with the criminal justice system is an expensive proposition. Its reliance on bail to encourage return after pretrial release, on fines to punish a…
Addressing modern debtors’ prisons with graduated economic sanctions that depend on ability to pay
The use of monetary sanctions to punish crimes ranging from minor traffic or public order offenses to the most serious felonies is ubiquitous in the United Sta…
A proposal to end regressive taxation through law enforcement
In this paper Michael Makowsky of Clemson University describes how the reliance of local governments on fees, fines, and asset forfeiture for revenue generatio…
Has job growth reached America’s struggling places?
Where is employment growing the fastest? In this analysis, The Hamilton Project uses its own Vitality Index to assist in comparing job growth across places sin…
Exploring the geography of prosperity
In a new analysis, Ryan Nunn, Jana Parsons and Jay Shambaugh highlight a new Hamilton Project interactive that shows where and how places are thriving—or strug…
How racial and regional inequality affect economic opportunity
The modern distribution of black Americans closely relates to the historical patterns of the black population. Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn and Stacy A. Anderson r…
Employment and wage gains lifted household incomes in late 2018
Despite the focus on monthly job reports and unemployment rates, which offer important signals about the state of the economy, it is growth in real household i…
Removing barriers to accessing high-productivity places
High regional inequality is driven, in part, by local land-use regulations that prevent low- and middle-income workers from accessing high-productivity places.…
