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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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Ten economic facts about rental housing
Facts and figures about the rental market shed light on renter demographics, rental inflation, housing insecurity, and more.
Housing & Infrastructure
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Papers
Breaking down enrollment declines in public schools
Education
Papers
New immigration estimates help make sense of the pace of employment
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
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All workers should be able to earn time off: The federal government should guarantee it
Employment & Wages
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Policy Proposals
December 1, 2007
Employment-Based Tax Credits for Low-Skilled Workers
This paper proposes increasing the return to work for low-income families through the expansion the earned income tax credit for low-income childless taxpayers…
Policy Proposals
October 30, 2007
An Equitable Tax Reform to Address Global Climate Change
This paper describes a carbon tax swap that is revenue and distributionally neutral. The tax swap levies a tax on greenhouse gas emissions with revenue being u…
Policy Proposals
June 2, 2007
Reforming Corporate Taxation in a Global Economy: A Proposal to Adopt Formulary Apportionment
This paper argues that the current system of taxing multinational firms generates tax distortions. It proposes a new system that would protect the U.S. tax bas…
Policy Proposals
June 1, 2007
Achieving Progressive Tax Reform in an Increasingly Global Economy
The dynamic forces of technological change, financial innovation, and globalization present new challenges for progressive taxation. This strategy paper offers…
Policy Proposals
June 1, 2007
Rehabilitating the Business Income Tax
In this paper, Edward D. Kleinbard introduces the Business Enterprise Income Tax (BEIT), a proposal for reforming business income taxation. He argues that the …
Policy Proposals
June 1, 2007
Taxing Privilege More Effectively: Replacing the Estate Tax with an Inheritance Tax
Lily Batchelder proposes replacing the estate tax with an inheritance tax. She argues that this tax would lower taxes on heirs receiving smaller inheritances a…
Policy Proposals
September 1, 2006
Fundamental Restructuring of Unemployment Insurance: Wage-Loss Insurance and Temporary Earnings Replacement Accounts
This paper describes a proposal to restructure social insurance after job loss in order to improve protection against long-term effects of unemployment, provid…
Policy Proposals
July 1, 2006
Reducing America’s Tax Burden Through Simple Return-Free Filing
In this paper, Austan Goolsbee proposes phasing in a simple program known as the "Simple Return," that would allow the U.S. government to take advantage of the…