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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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Seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation
This set of economic facts takes stock of the labor market through May 2025, paying particular attention to 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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Will the reconciliation bill’s Child Tax Credit changes leave out children in low-income working families?
Economic Security & Inequality
Tax Policy & Budget
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Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Employment & Wages
Social Insurance
Tax Policy & Budget
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Event recap—Tracking the recovery from the COVID-19 recession
On March 22, 2022, The Hamilton Project hosted a webcast on the state of the economy and public health post-pandemic.
Bolstered balance sheets: Assessing household finances since 2019
A Hamilton Project analysis on how household balance sheets have evolved since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic finds that, in aggregate, households’ financi…
Examining the economic status of same-gender relationship households
Using new data from the American Community Survey, Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, and Moriah Macklin look into why some same-gender relationship household…
The Hamilton Project: 2021 in figures
To conclude the year, Hamilton Project staff present a month-by-month journey in figure through The Hamilton Project's research, analysis, and policy proposals.
Labor market exits and entrances are elevated: Who is coming back?
In this analysis, Lauren Bauer and Wendy Edelberg identify when and which people are returning to labor market.
What does current inflation tell us about the future?
Wendy Edelberg looks at the factors that appear to be contributing to current inflation to examine whether this short-term run up in inflation points to higher…
Has COVID disrupted the postsecondary pipeline?
This analysis explores how young adults' decisions to enroll in school or work during the pandemic have played out.
Women, work, and families: Recovering from the pandemic-induced recession
Betsey Stevenson reviews what has happened to women’s employment and labor force participation in the recovery from the pandemic.
