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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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How does our economic future compare with that of 2008? A glimpse at America’s road to recovery
As Americans prepare to cast their ballots for president, many voters are pausing to assess the state of the economy. In this month’s employment analysis, The …
Regardless of the cost, college still matters
There is ongoing debate about the rising cost of college and whether that investment is still worthwhile in today’s economy. In this month’s employment analysi…
Staying in school: A proposal to raise high-school graduation rates
Derek Messacar and Philip Oreopoulos present a strategy for reducing the dropout rate. Key elements of the proposal include raising the compulsory schooling ag…
Learning from the successes and failures of charter schools
Because many successful charter schools represent a radical departure from traditional public schools, they often embody a black box to educational reformers. …
Harnessing technology to improve K-12 education
Education technologies hold promise for personalized learning and for building basic skills, but a fundamental obstacle remains: the effectiveness of learning …
A dozen economic facts about K-12 education
The Hamilton Project explores both the condition of education in the United States and the economic evidence on several promising K-12 interventions that could…
Innovation is the key to better education
Although innovation has revolutionized the American economy as a whole over the last century, the education sector has benefitted relatively little from these …
August jobs report: The private sector continues to grow
The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in August, according to today’s employment report, which is the lowest rate since the onset of the recession. The pri…
