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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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The softening labor market is still growing
This analysis uses key indicators from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) to investigate how firms are hiring and retaining workers and the implications for the labor market. More rece...
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Immigration and the macroeconomy in the second Trump administration
Effective Government
Healthy Economy
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The softening labor market shows resilience and some pockets of slack
Employment & Wages
Policy Proposals
A federal guarantee for earned paid time off
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
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Policy Proposals
April 2, 2007
Mending the Medicare prescription drug benefit: Improving consumer choices and restructuring purchasing
This paper proposes a series of reforms to address the challenges facing Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit. These reforms include creating a standard…
Policy Proposals
April 2, 2007
A wellness trust to prioritize disease prevention
Chronic and preventable diseases now account for most of the deaths and costs in the healthcare system, despite relatively low-tech and low-cost services that …
Posts
April 1, 2007
Fixing the federal student loan programs
The payoff to a college education has increased dramatically over the last two decades. At the same time, the cost of a college education has increased steeply…
Papers
February 14, 2007
An education strategy to promote opportunity, prosperity, and growth
To better secure the benefits of education, this paper outlines an evidence-based education strategy that emphasizes new investments in some areas (such as ear…
Policy Proposals
February 1, 2007
Success by Ten: Intervening early, often, and effectively in the education of young children
The absence of a quality early education for many disadvantaged children represents an extraordinary waste of human potential. This paper outlines a model for …
Policy Proposals
February 1, 2007
College grants on a postcard: A proposal for simple and predictable federal student aid
This paper analyzes the federal student aid system and finds that the level of complexity makes it ineffective at increasing college enrollment. The paper then…
Papers
December 1, 2006
Promoting opportunity and growth through science, technology, and innovation
This strategy paper argues that maintaining our nation's economic leadership in the world and promoting broad-based growth at home will require effective p…
Policy Proposals
December 1, 2006
Prizes for technological innovation
Thomas Kalil proposes expanding the US government’s use of prizes and Advanced Market Commitments to stimulate technological innovation in space exploration, A…