Publications
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.
Papers
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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A strategy for US natural gas exports
Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations poses a framework for regulators to determine if exporting natural gas is in the public interest, arguing the …
The role of oil and gas in driving job growth
The Hamilton Project explores what increased domestic natural gas and oil production means for the American energy sector, the environment, and employment.
The US immigration system: Potential benefits of reform
The Hamilton Project provides background information on the state of America’s immigration system, and discusses the economic benefits of reforming the system.
Rationalizing US immigration policy: Reforms for simplicity, fairness, and economic growth
Giovanni Peri of UC Davis proposes a practical set of immigration reforms, starting with market-based changes to employment-based visas to better link visas wi…
What immigration means for US employment and wages
Our nation’s immigration policy continues to be an issue of debate among policymakers, particularly the impact on the U.S. labor force. The Hamilton Project hi…
A dozen economic facts about tax reform
To provide an economic context for tax reform, The Hamilton Project has a set of economic facts focusing on the role of our tax system in the long-run budget d…
Report details issues at community colleges
A report released on Saturday at the convention of the American Association of Community Colleges details the problems plaguing our nation’s community colleges…
Just how progressive is the US tax code?
As tax time approaches, one focus of debate has been the progressivity of the U.S. tax code. Evidence shows that the current U.S. tax system is less progressiv…
