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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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Raising job quality and skills for American workers: Creating more-effective education and workforce development systems in the States
Less educated workers often experience prolonged periods of unemployment and stagnating wages because they lack the skills necessary to compete in a global eco…
Building America’s job skills with effective workforce programs: A training strategy to raise wages and increase work opportunities
Amid the Great Recession and rapid technological changes, both workers with less education and workers who have been displaced from long-tenured jobs face chal…
Unemployment and earnings losses: The long-term impacts of the Great Recession on American workers
The Hamilton Project explores the experiences of workers who lost their jobs during the height of the Great Recession and finds that even those workers who hav…
What is happening to America’s children? A look at the widening opportunity gap for today’s youth
Resources available to children can have long-term effects on their quality of life. The Project examines the family earnings devoted to the typical American c…
Are we short-changing our future? The economic imperative of attracting great teachers
America's workforce needs a strong eduction system to compete and research demonstrates the power of a good teacher to boost student achievement. However, …
Taking the job gap to the state level: A closer look at the August employment numbers
As President Barack Obama prepares to give a major jobs address, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney examine the “job gap” across the United States, looking at …
Increasing productivity and boosting wages: Is innovation the answer?
Examining data about the current state of the economy and job growth in June, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney look at the role innovation could play in aidi…
The Great Recession may be over, but American families are working harder than ever
Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney examine the trend in median earnings for the American family over the last 30 years. They find that the typical American fam…
