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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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Higher new Census population estimates will affect the employment report
Labor force and employment numbers will be affected by new Census population revisions that account for immigration.
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Policy Proposals
July 1, 2008
Pay-as-you-drive auto insurance: A simple way to reduce driving-related harms and increase equity
This paper argues that the current lump-sum pricing of auto insurance is inefficient and inequitable. It proposes and evaluates a simple alternative: pay-as-yo…
Policy Proposals
July 1, 2008
Bringing broadband to unserved communities
Jon M. Peha outlines policies through which government could facilitate the expansion of broadband infrastructure into unserved communities. He argues that the…
Policy Proposals
July 1, 2008
America’s traffic congestion problem: Toward a framework for national reform
David Lewis argues that congestion pricing would reduce the economic costs from congestion and guide transportation resources to their best use, and would gene…
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June 5, 2008
Missing markets: Why markets that can reduce risks are missing and what can be done about it
Jason Furman discusses the issue of missing markets for both societal and individual risk, highlighting reasons for the absence of these markets and proposing …
Policy Proposals
June 1, 2008
Viewing education loans through a myopic lens
Although the federal government dedicated nearly $40 billion to funding student loans in 2006, only 60 percent of potential students from low-income families a…
Policy Proposals
June 1, 2008
Stabilizing state and local budgets: A proposal for tax-base insurance
Akash Deep and Robert Z. Lawrence propose an affordable federal instrument that could mitigate the adverse impact of tax-revenue shocks on communities by allow…
Policy Proposals
June 1, 2008
Increasing annuitization of 401(k) plans with automatic trial income
This paper proposes a policy that would increase the role of lifetime income products in future retirees’ overall retirement planning.
Policy Proposals
June 1, 2008
Financing losses from catastrophic risks
Catastrophe insurance helps spread risks and increases the ability of policyholders and the economy to recover from both natural disasters and terrorist attack…