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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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A primer on SNAP work requirements
An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) summarizes the research on work requirements and their efficacy.
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
Social Insurance
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Work permit applications suggest prior immigration is still pushing up labor supply—for now
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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Higher new Census population estimates will affect the employment report
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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Low-income workers experience—by far—the most earnings and work hours instability
Economic Security & Inequality
Employment & Wages
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What new immigrants could mean for American wages
The Hamilton Project examines how future immigration trends could impact American wages, using targets set in the recently-passed Senate bill as a signpost. Un…
Rising student debt burdens: Factors behind the phenomenon
Despite the positive return to higher education, many Americans are concerned about their ability to pay for college, and there is increasing focus on the risi…
Is starting college and not finishing really that bad?
In recent years there has been increasing concern about students who begin two- and four-year college programs but fail to complete a degree—particularly in li…
Should the United States have 2.2 million more jobs?
Following the last five recessions in U.S. history, the economy added government jobs—an average of 1.7 million, in fact—that helped spur our economic recovery…
Using data to improve the performance of workforce training
Workforce training programs have the potential to improve the lives and incomes of millions of Americans by lifting many into the middle class and preventing o…
An evidence-based approach to improving worker training programs
There is significant pressure facing policymakers at all levels of government to fund programs that provide the best results for the best value. Worker trainin…
Sequestration’s threat to America’s most vulnerable
In this month’s employment analysis, The Hamilton Project looks at current poverty trends in the United States, the important role of government support progra…
How long will it take to get to 6.5 percent unemployment?
The Fed recently announced that it would keep interest rates at historic lows until the unemployment rate dropped below 6.5 percent, so long as inflation remai…
