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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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Economic Facts
Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
Employment & Wages
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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
Tax Policy & Budget
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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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Major decisions: Graduates’ earnings growth and debt repayment
In a new interactive feature and economic analysis, The Hamilton Project explores how the current student loan repayment system often creates a heavy burden on…
Differences in water use across counties in the United States
Using newly released data, The Hamilton Project presents an economic analysis and a new interactive feature to illustrate the great variation in the level and …
America’s fragmented water systems
In the blog post, The Hamilton Project explores the regulatory challenges of America's fragmented water systems and highlight eye-opening information from …
The path to water innovation
The United States’ aging water infrastructure will be increasingly strained by population growth, economic expansion, and the effects of climate change. In thi…
Shopping for water: How the market can mitigate water shortages in the American West
In the face of a severe drought in the West, new approaches are required to mitigate the risk of water shortages. In this Hamilton Project paper, Peter Culp, R…
Nine economic facts about water and drought in the United States
The water crisis is as much an economic issue as it is an environmental one, and it demands focused national attention. This Hamilton Project policy memo prese…
Major decisions: What graduates earn over their lifetimes (2014)
This economic analysis explores career earnings by college major.
New analysis and interactive feature explore career earnings by college major
The value of higher education is widely reported. But what can graduates expect to earn given their choice of major & degree? THP’s new economic analysis & int…
