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Tracking National Labor Relations Board actions through its administrative data
Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock use administrative data from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to assess the number of cases the NLRB closed, the reason those cases closed, and the number of new cases filed in 2025, compared to recent years.
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Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Economic Security & Inequality
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Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?
Economic Security & Inequality
Tax Policy & Budget
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Twelve facts about incarceration and prisoner reentry
In this set of economic facts, The Hamilton Project explores the characteristics of the populations of the currently incarcerated and individuals reentering th…
Here’s how America should play its winning hand for long-run economic growth
Hamilton Project Advisory Council Member Robert E. Rubin offers his thoughts on how the United States can achieve long-term economic growth in a recent Washing…
Seven facts on noncognitive skills from education to the labor market
In the past 30 years, the U.S. labor market has shifted dramatically toward increasing demand and reward for noncognitive skills. These noncognitive skills—els…
An update on who is poor in the United States
In order to address poverty, we must know who is poor and how the composition of who is poor is changing. This analysis describes who was living in poverty in …
The long-term impact of the Head Start program
In this Economic Analysis, The Hamilton Project explores the impact of Head Start on a new set of long-term outcomes, extending landmark analyses further into …
Recent developments in federal prison policy
Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will reduce, and eventually end, the use of federal private prisons. In a new Hamilton Project blog po…
The changing landscape of American life expectancy
Americans have enjoyed an overall gain of about 25 years in life expectancy at birth during the past century and eductions in mortality have continued in recen…
Occupational licensing and American workers
This economic analysis focuses on the role of occupational licensing—that is, the legal permission that many workers must obtain before working in professions …
