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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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SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response
Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach analyze how SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect the program’s response to recessions.
Economic Security & Inequality
Recessions
Social Insurance
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Tracking National Labor Relations Board actions through its administrative data
Effective Government
Employment & Wages
Economic Facts
Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
Employment & Wages
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Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
Tax Policy & Budget
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The marriage gap: The impact of economic and technological change on marriage rates
The Hamilton Project examines the decline the marriages over the last 50 years, highlighting the correlation between income level and likelihood of marrying. T…
The mobility bank: Increasing residential mobility to boost economic mobility
This paper proposes the creation of a “mobility bank” at a government cost of less than $1 billion per year to help finance the residential moves of U.S. worke…
From prison to work: A proposal for a national prisoner reentry program
This paper proposes a national prisoner reentry program whose core element is up to a year of transitional employment available to all parolees in need of work.
Facilitating shared appreciation mortgages to prevent housing crashes and affordability crises
This paper argues that development of shared appreciation mortgage (SAM) markets in the United States would moderate the impending decline in homeownership and…
