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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.
Economic Facts
Twelve facts about the economics of education
This set of economic facts explores current trends and future directions in education.
Education
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Prime-age women are still driving the labor market recovery
Employment & Wages
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Beyond hunger: The role of SNAP in alleviating financial strain for low-income households
Economic Security & Inequality
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Which states need support in welcoming new immigrants?
Effective Government
Tax Policy & Budget
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Policy Proposals
December 13, 2017
Decreasing the Patent Office’s incentives to grant invalid patents
There is general agreement that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues too many invalid patents—those patents issued on an existing technology or on an ob…
Policy Proposals
March 27, 2017
The next generation of transportation policy
In this paper, Greenstone, Sunstein and Ori propose two major steps towards simplifying fuel efficiency standards and refocusing the program on achieving guara…
Policy Proposals
March 28, 2016
Learning what works in educational technology with a case study of EDUSTAR
Innovations in technology hold great promise for application in education, and yet new educational technologies have yet to fundamentally advance student outco…
Posts
December 10, 2015
The opportunities and challenges for workers in the online gig economy
While forms of nontraditional and contingent work relationships such as subcontracted, temporary, part-time, and seasonal work are not new, the emergence of th…
Papers
December 9, 2015
Workers and the online gig economy
In this framing paper, The Hamilton Project describes the broader economic context of contingent employer–employee relationships and where the emerging on-dema…
Policy Proposals
December 7, 2015
A proposal for modernizing labor laws for twenty-first century work: The “independent worker”
The rise of technological intermediaries enabling workers to engage in the gig economy has resulted in protracted legal battles over whether to classify these …
Policy Proposals
October 5, 2015
Correcting signals for innovation in health care
When Americans select health insurance, they cannot choose what technologies and treatments to include in their coverage. The fact that Americans have little c…
Economic Facts
May 7, 2015
Racing ahead or falling behind? Six economic facts about transportation infrastructure in the United States
Many agree on the need for increased investment in America’s aging infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and airports. This set of economic facts provide o…