The Hamilton Project

Newly hired employees take a break from training to pose for a group photo at the chains soon-to-open 54th outlet in Oakland, California ,U.S., January 24, 2018. Photo taken January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Saphir - RC11E2847D80

Are wages really rising for American workers?

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address in Washington

The average American worker did not get much of a raise last year

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Graduating students of the City College of New York sit together in their caps and gowns during the College's commencement ceremony in the Harlem.

How many Grace Hoppers have been lost from the innovation pipeline?

Jay Shambaugh and Becca Portman

Monday, January 8, 2018

Eleven facts about innovation and patents

Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Becca Portman

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Gears and mechanical diagram for patent application. Concept for patent attorney.

Decreasing the patent office’s incentives to grant invalid patents

Michael D. Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

A group of scientists working in the laboratory

Promoting energy innovation with lessons from drug development

Anna Goldstein, Pierre Azoulay, Joshua Graff Zivin, and Vladimir Bulović

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Advancing U.S. innovation by reforming patent and R&D policy

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

A worker makes final preparations after installing the motherboard on the reverse side of a 32-inch TV at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. The company says consumers can now buy everything from U.S.-made flat-screen TVs, light bulbs and towels and curtains in its stores and on its website. The flat-screen TVs, made in Winnsboro, South Carolina by Element Electronics, may be the campaign?s biggest surprise to date. Today, Element?s 315,000-square-foot plant in South Carolina has six assembly lines making 32- and 40-inch TVs that are now available in all of Walmart's more than 4,000 U.S. Stores. The switch has led to significant savings in ocean freight charges and customs duties on finished goods - though like so many companies involved in the initiative Element has had difficulty finding domestic suppliers. To match Feature WALMART-RESHORING/ Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA6411FR01

Why wages aren’t growing in America

Jay Shambaugh and Ryan Nunn

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Elizabeth Vreswyk, founder and president of AWTY Logistics, talks to GIS technician Brock Kralicek in the company's office in Dickinson, North Dakota

Removing barriers to women’s labor force participation

Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Becca Portman

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Mid adult Japanese businesswoman using laptop computer with two colleagues in business meeting

Lessons from the rise of women’s labor force participation in Japan

Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Becca Portman

Wednesday, November 1, 2017