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Event recap—AI + work: Building pro-worker AI
On February 25, The Hamilton Project hosted a virtual event with Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Simon Johnson, and Natasha Sarin to discuss pro-worker AI.
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Mothers are being left behind in the economic recovery from COVID-19
Lauren Bauer provides new evidence that mothers—particularly mothers of children under five and unmarried mothers—are being left behind in the economic recover…
Tax reforms to raise revenue efficiently and equitably
Wendy Edelberg, Elizabeth Lee, Sara Estep, Madison Bober highlight a selection of policy proposals from The Hamilton Project’s 2020 book, "Tackling the Tax Cod…
A comparison of renters and homeowners in recent decades
Wendy Edelberg, Sara Estep, Stephanie Lu, and Emily Moss examine and offer new insights on the recent history of housing policy from the latter half of the 20t…
Bolstering the housing safety net: The promise of automatic stabilizers
Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Benjamin Keys propose a plan to support homeowners and renters to stabilize households and housing markets during fut…
A plan to reform the unemployment insurance system in the United States
Arindrajit Dube offers a plan to reform and modernize the unemployment insurance (UI) system to reflect and align with the challenges of the current labor mark…
Don’t overreact to inflation data this spring
In this analysis, Jay Shambaugh provides evidence to help interpret forthcoming releases of inflation data as they begin to capture the impact of the COVID-19 …
Ten economic facts on how mothers spend their time
These facts review trends in women’s labor force participation and document how mothers of young children spend their time.
Race and jobs at risk of being automated in the age of COVID-19
In this economic analysis, Kristen E. Broady, Darlene Booth-Bell, Jason Coupet, and Moriah Macklin examine data on the 60 jobs that employ the most workers in …
