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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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Learning curves: Post-COVID learning trajectories differ by the grade a student was in when the pandemic hit
Lauren Bauer and Eileen Powell assess whether the effect of COVID-related disruptions differed depending on the grade a student was in during the 2019–20 school year.
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Policy Proposals
July 25, 2008
Air support: Creating a safer and more reliable air traffic control system
Dorothy Robyn argues that there are fundamental problems with the way the federal government manages the air traffic control system and proposes policy changes…
Papers
July 1, 2008
An economic strategy for investing in America’s infrastructure
Manasi Deshpande and Douglas W. Elmendorf argue that America now has the opportunity to channel public concern and frustration into a national infrastructure s…
Policy Proposals
July 1, 2008
Pay-as-you-drive auto insurance: A simple way to reduce driving-related harms and increase equity
This paper argues that the current lump-sum pricing of auto insurance is inefficient and inequitable. It proposes and evaluates a simple alternative: pay-as-yo…
Policy Proposals
July 1, 2008
America’s traffic congestion problem: Toward a framework for national reform
David Lewis argues that congestion pricing would reduce the economic costs from congestion and guide transportation resources to their best use, and would gene…
Papers
February 29, 2008
Weighing alternative policies for tackling the mortgage mess
Without government action, mortgage foreclosures will rise steeply for the next several years, argues Doug Elmendorf. He analyzes the wide range of proposals f…
