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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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Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
Robert Greenstein and Danilo Trisi examine poverty, deep poverty, and the poverty gap in the U.S. over time.
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
Tax Policy & Budget
Policy Proposals
Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
Tax Policy & Budget
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Are nutrition policies making teenagers hungry?
Households with teenagers report greater incidence of food insecurity than households with younger children. Yet for many teens, nutrition assistance programs …
Strengthening SNAP to reduce food insecurity and promote economic growth
The persistent and troubling problem of food insecurity impacts a wide range of Americans, including the struggling lower-middle class, and has far-reaching im…
Twelve facts about food insecurity and SNAP
One in seven households was food insecure in 2014—meaning that at some time during the year the household had difficulty providing enough food for all of their…
Learning what works in educational technology with a case study of EDUSTAR
Innovations in technology hold great promise for application in education, and yet new educational technologies have yet to fundamentally advance student outco…
Increasing targeting, flexibility, and transparency in Title I of the ESEA
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act distributes over $14 billion in federal funds to school districts to help disadvantaged students. Over it…
Improving academic outcomes for disadvantaged students: Scaling up individualized tutorials
Improving the educational outcomes of economically disadvantaged children is a policy priority in the United States, and yet relatively little progress has bee…
Fourteen economic facts on education and economic opportunity
There are many factors at work in determining educational outcomes; some of these are more easily addressed by policy reforms than others, and not all can be a…
Who has access to charter schools?
Allowing charter schools to operate is a policy lever that can encourage innovation and improvement in the education sector through competition. Yet, for chart…
