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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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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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Who will care for an aging America? Takeaways from The Hamilton Project’s long-term care event
Health Care
Immigration
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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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Stagnation in lifetime incomes: An overview of trends and potential causes
Lifetime incomes have stagnated significantly since the 1960s. This paper presents policy proposals that aim to boost wage growth for younger workers.
Information is power: Fostering labor market competition through transparent wages
One of the challenges of wage stagnation is asymmetric information, whereby employers have a greater knowledge of the distribution of wages relative to workers…
Coming and going: Encouraging geographic mobility at college entry and exit to lift wages
Geography is an important part of economic opportunity—but due to monetary and nonmonetary costs of migration, college attendance is less likely for those who …
A proposal for protecting low-income workers from monopsony and collusion
Labor market collusion or monopsonization—the exercise of employer market power in labor markets—may contribute to wage stagnation, rising inequality, and decl…
It is impossible to make sound policy without high-quality data
The President’s 2019 budget contains a variety of proposals that would reshape policy and reallocate spending across various agencies and policy programs. As t…
Making sound forecasts is essential for budgets to matter
The recently released Trump Administration 2019 budget includes forecasts for economic growth that are substantially more positive than most private sector or …
Still no free lunch: Infrastructure investments must be carefully evaluated
The President’s 2019 Budget gives a prominent place to infrastructure policy, proposing $100 billion of matching funds to state and local governments, as well …
Penny wise and pound foolish: Proposed SNAP budget cuts will diminish positive outcomes
In President Trump’s 2019 budget, he proposes changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that would significantly reduce the efficiency an…
