A Hand Up: A Strategy to Reward Work, Expand Opportunity, and Reduce Poverty

Research and Commentary

Better Workers for Better Jobs: Improving Worker Advancement in the Low-Wage Labor Market

Harry J. Holzer, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 12, 2007

Research and Commentary

Employment-Based Tax Credits for Low-Skilled Workers

John Karl Scholz, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 12, 2007

Research and Commentary

New Hope: Fulfilling America’s Promise to “Make Work Pay”

Hans Bos, Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian and Heather D. Hill, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 12, 2007

Past Event

Economic Mobility in America

Thursday, March 20, 2008
9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Washington, DC

Past Event

Facilitating and Rewarding Work

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

The High Price of Being Poor in Kentucky

Dr. Terry I. Brooks and Matt Fellowes, The Brookings Institution, June 01, 2007

Expert

Harry J. Holzer

Research and Commentary

Fighting Poverty through Incentives and Work Mandates for Young Men

Ron Haskins, Future of Children Policy Brief, September 01, 2007

Book

Path to Prosperity: Hamilton Project Ideas on Income Security, Education, and Taxes

Jason Furman and Jason E. Bordoff, April 01, 2008

Research and Commentary

Reward and Facilitate Work

Jason Furman, McClatchy-Tribune, December 15, 2007

Research and Commentary

Worker Advancement in the Low-Wage Labor Market: The Importance of 'Good Jobs'

Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer and Julia I. Lane, The Brookings Institution, October 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America

Alan Berube and Elizabeth Kneebone, The Brookings Institution, October 24, 2008

Past Event

Healthy Marriage, Strong Families and Child Wellbeing

Friday, May 16, 2008
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Repairing the Urban Economic Ladder: How Cities Get the Market to Work for the Poor

Matt Fellowes, Mayor Cicilline's Poverty, Work and Opportunity Task Force, March 06, 2007

Research and Commentary

Metropolitan Poverty in the United States

Alan Berube, Poverty and Place Workshop, Cambridge-MIT Institute, September 28, 2006

Research and Commentary

Encouraging Job Advancement Among Low-Wage Workers: A New Approach

Harry J. Holzer, The Brookings Institution , May 01, 2004

Research and Commentary

Left Behind in the Labor Market: Recent Employment Trends Among Young Black Men

Harry J. Holzer and Paul Offner, The Brookings Institution, April 02, 2002

Past Event

Child Care Funding: How much is needed and is there enough?

Wednesday, June 13, 2001
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Meeting the Demand: Hiring Patterns of Welfare Recipients in Four Metropolitan Areas

Harry J. Holzer and Michael A. Stoll, The Brookings Institution, May 01, 2001

Research and Commentary

New Economy Safety Net: A Proposal to Enhance Worker Adjustment Programs

Lael Brainard, Democracy Journal, March 20, 2008