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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.
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The recent decline in women’s labor force participation
While women’s labor force participation has increased substantially in the U.S. over the second half of the 20th century, this growth has stagnated and reverse…
The incomplete progress of women in the labor market
The gap between wages of men and women has fallen over the past several decades, reflecting women’s economic progress. Successive generations of women have obt…
The 51%: Driving growth through women’s economic participation
The U.S. economy will not operate at its full potential unless government and employers remove impediments to full participation by women in the labor market. …
Tax policies to encourage women’s labor force participation
Ordinarily, the progressive income tax system acts to mitigate differences in before-tax earnings. However, the tax treatment of married couples tends to raise…
Public investments in child care
Child care is a necessity for working women with young children. However, the costs of high-quality center-based child care in the United States—particularly f…
Modernizing US labor standards for 21st century families
Women now make up almost half the U.S. workforce, and more than half of the U.S. population. Despite the central role women play in the economy, our labor laws…
Making work pay better through an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that promotes work. Despite the strong evidence for the effectiveness of the EITC and recent bip…
Increasing the economic security of older women
Popular commentary often points to the lower lifetime earnings and longer expected life spans of women relative to men as a reason to be especially concerned a…
