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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Changes proposed in the budget bill would undermine SNAP's role as an automatic stabilizer during recessions.
Economic Security & Inequality
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Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?
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Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
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Changes in the safety net over recent decades and their impact
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Bringing jobs to people: How federal policy can target job creation for economically distressed areas
This paper proposes three solutions to bring jobs to distressed areas: customized job training programs for businesses and employees, advice and consulting ser…
New challenges for a nationwide recovery
Today’s release of September’s jobs numbers confirms what we all know: too many American workers remain unemployed. As the government reported, the U.S. econom…
Ten economic facts about immigration
This policy memo explores some of the questions frequently raised around immigration in the United States and provides facts drawn from publicly available data…
The long-term effects of the Great Recession for America’s youth
The August employment numbers reflect the slow pace of the economy’s journey toward recovery. Overall, the U.S. economy continued to shed jobs as employment fe…
The long road back to full employment: How the Great Recession compares to previous US recessions
As expected, July’s employment numbers suggest that the road to recovery will be long. The economy as a whole lost 131,000 jobs as layoffs of temporary Census …
June’s employment numbers highlight America’s increasingly distressed communities
June’s employment numbers highlight that our economic recovery is not yet on solid footing. An analysis by The Hamilton Project digs into the regional distribu…
Evidence from May’s employment numbers on the benefits of education
May employment numbers, released by the Labor Department today, demonstrate continued momentum behind our nation’s economic recovery. With 431,000 new jobs, bu…
Exploring the “job gap” in April’s employment numbers
Today’s employment numbers reinforce the signs of economic recovery. In April, the economy created 290,000 jobs. This is the first time since the beginning of …
