Publications
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.
Policy Proposals
Reforming regulation: A proposal to end unsound cost-benefit analysis requirements for tax and transfer rules
Greg Leiserson offers a proposal to streamline and accelerate rulemaking and improve the quality of the rulemaking process.
Effective Government
Tax Policy & Budget
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Who will care for an aging America? Takeaways from The Hamilton Project’s long-term care event
Health Care
Immigration
Posts
Who enters and who exits direct care jobs in long-term care settings?
Employment & Wages
Health Care
Policy Proposals
A direct care worker visa policy to support the aging US population
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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Posts
May 13, 2024
Event recap—Taking on tax: A conversation with National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard
The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted an event with National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard to discuss the Biden administration’s priorities for future tax …
Posts
April 23, 2024
The changing demographics of business ownership
Recent business ownership gains among Black and Hispanic or Latino families have shrunk longstanding racial and ethnic gaps.
Posts
April 22, 2024
Event recap—Securing the safety net for working-age adults
On April 17, The Hamilton Project hosted a webcast to discuss the safety net for non-elderly adults who do not have dependent children and do not receive disab…
Papers
April 17, 2024
The safety net should work for working-age adults
Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) receive minimal support from traditional safety net programs. Many struggle to work because of health conditions…
Papers
April 17, 2024
The austere US safety net for poor, non-elderly adults who are not raising children and do not receive disability benefits
The safety net remains starkly inadequate for non-elderly childless adults without disability benefits, leading to higher rates of deep poverty, homelessness, …
Papers
April 17, 2024
Poverty and poverty reduction among non-elderly, nondisabled, childless adults in affluent countries: The United States in cross-national perspective
Social policy in the United States leaves too many of its citizens exposed to financial hardship and poverty, in large part due to major gaps in coverage. In c…
Economic Facts
March 21, 2024
Ten economic facts about rental housing
Facts and figures about the rental market shed light on renter demographics, rental inflation, housing insecurity, and more.
Papers
March 14, 2024
Breaking down enrollment declines in public schools
This analysis breaks down public school enrollment changes by school size and investigates which type, locale, and level of schools have sustained substantial …
