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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.
Economic Facts
Six facts about union density in the United States
This set of economic facts describes trends in union density in the U.S. through 2025 in the public and private sector, among workers, and by state.
Employment & Wages
Healthy Economy
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Earned paid time off should be a basic right
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
Papers
A primer on SNAP work requirements
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
Social Insurance
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Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
Energy & Climate
Housing & Infrastructure
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Where is the best place to invest $102,000 — In stocks, bonds, or a college degree?
Is college a worthwhile investment? Hamilton Project Director Michael Greenstone and Policy Director Adam Looney compare the value of a college degree to other…
How do recent college grads really stack up? Employment and earnings for graduates of the Great Recession
As the job market continues to struggle, there has been much debate about whether a college education has been worth the investment for recent graduates. Micha…
A strategy for America’s energy future: Illuminating energy’s full costs
America’s energy choices are built on the prices we see at the pump and our utility bills. Yet these prices mask the social costs arising from those energy cho…
Promoting clean energy in the American power sector
Joseph E. Aldy proposes a national clean energy standard that would lower carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 60 percent relative to 2005 levels over twenty…
An energy technology corporation will improve the federal government’s efforts to accelerate energy innovation
John M. Deutch proposes a series of best practices for government support of U.S. technology demonstration and a new institution, the Energy Technology Corpora…
A better approach to environmental regulation: Getting the costs and benefits right
Ted Gayer proposes three reforms addressing several problems that undermine the role played by cost-benefit analysis in environmental regulation: 1) agencies s…
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…
