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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
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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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The average American worker did not get much of a raise last year
On January 30, 2018, President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address. In his speech, President Trump highlighted the significant growth a…
Promoting energy innovation with lessons from drug development
Despite progress toward a cleaner energy system, current U.S. policies appear insufficient to reduce emissions enough to avoid catastrophic climate change whil…
Eleven facts about innovation and patents
In this set of eleven economic facts, The Hamilton Project explores central features of the innovation system, including patents, research and development (R&D…
Decreasing the Patent Office’s incentives to grant invalid patents
There is general agreement that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues too many invalid patents—those patents issued on an existing technology or on an ob…
Lessons from the rise of women’s labor force participation in Japan
After lagging behind U.S. women for more than forty years, Japanese prime-age women have now caught up and exceeded the U.S. rate of labor force participation.…
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. …
