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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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Food security shouldn’t take a summer vacation
Pandemic EBT has the potential to be a powerful tool to fight food hardship among children when schools close for summer. But to realize its potential, states …
Event recap—Lessons for strengthening social insurance
A June 2022 Hamilton Project event explored how program design matters for the long-term success of social insurance programs.
Targeting, universalism, and other factors affecting social programs’ political strength
Robert Greenstein looks back at the last four decades of social programs to assess factors affecting social programs' political strength, as well as their pove…
Lessons learned from economic impact payments during COVID-19
This chapter of Recession Remedies examines the more than $800 billion in cash that was distributed in Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) during the COVID-19 pand…
Lessons learned from expanded unemployment insurance during COVID-19
This chapter of Recession Remedies reviews the substantial expansion of unemployment insurance (UI) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An update on the effect of Pandemic EBT on measures of food hardship
Lauren Bauer, Krista Ruffini, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach offer a preliminary analysis of the effect of the Pandemic EBT program on food hardship to date.
11 facts on the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
These facts review recent economic data to assess the state of the economic recovery from the COVID‑19 pandemic.
A healthy reform to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Updating the Thrifty Food Plan
Lauren Bauer explores how the 2021 update of the Thrifty Food Plan will support families experiencing food insecurity and economic hardship.
