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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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Event recap—AI + work: Building pro-worker AI
On February 25, The Hamilton Project hosted a virtual event with Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Simon Johnson, and Natasha Sarin to discuss pro-worker AI.
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We are what we breathe: The impacts of air pollution on employment and productivity
Despite modest improvement in April jobs numbers, the job gap — the number of U.S. jobs that must be created to return to pre-recession levels — is just under …
Women in the workforce: Is wage stagnation catching up to them too?
The Hamilton Project continues its examination of long-term market treds by asking: what has happened to the earnings of women? In addition, we continue our lo…
Have earnings actually declined?
The Hamilton Project updates America’s “job gap,” the number of jobs that the U.S. economy needs to create in order to return to pre-recession employment level…
Investing in the future: An economic strategy for state and local governments in a period of tight budgets
Confronting near-term budget challenges, state and local governments are under tremendous pressure to focus on immediate needs at the expense of long-term inve…
Public-private partnerships to revamp US infrastructure
Eduardo Engel, Ronald Fischer, and Alexander Galetovic propose a series of best practices for state and local governments to follow when using public–private p…
Lowering borrowing costs for states and municipalities through CommonMuni
Andrew Ang and Richard Green propose the establishment of CommonMuni, a not-for-profit advisory firm designed to reduce borrowing costs for municipalities by o…
Fix it first, expand it second, reward it third: A new strategy for America’s highways
Matthew Kahn and David Levinson propose a reorganization of our national highway infrastructure priorities to preserve, maintain, and enhance existing infrastr…
A broader look at the US employment situation and the importance of a good education
The January employment numbers, released today by the U.S. Department of Labor, present mixed evidence about the state of the labor market. While the unemploym…
