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ReportsOscar Sagastume2024-10-15T12:18:41-04:00

Human Flourishing Lab, Report|January 23, 2026|
Progress Pulse #8: Americans See Markets, Not Government, As Key To Advancing Progress
By Clay Routledge
Report|January 22, 2026|
The Social Mobility Index: Ranking the States on Family Life
By Justin T. Callais, Anna Claire Flowers and Clara E. Piano
Featured, Human Flourishing Lab, Report|December 11, 2025|
Agency in America: The Power to Flourish
By Andrew Abeyta and Clay Routledge
Featured, Report|November 13, 2025|
Social Mobility in the 50 States: 2025 Edition
By Justin T. Callais, Vincent Geloso and Gonzalo Schwarz
Featured, Human Flourishing Lab, Report|October 14, 2025|
Digital Flourishing: A Practical Guide to Improving Life Online
By Sophie Janicke-Bowles and Clay Routledge
Report|October 2, 2025|
Barriers To Social Mobility Across Canada
By Justin T. Callais, Vincent Geloso and Gabriel Giguère
Featured, Report|August 21, 2025|
State Occupational Licensing Index 2025
By Noah Trudeau, Edward Timmons and Benjamin Seevers
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|July 25, 2025|
Progress Pulse #7: Americans View Their Nation As A Driver Of Global Progress
By Clay Routledge
Featured, Report|June 28, 2025|
American Dream 2025 Snapshot: The Health and State of the American Dream
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|June 9, 2025|
State Childcare Regulations Database 2025
By Conor Norris, Edward Timmons, Christine Bretschneider-Fries and Yimin Wang
Report|May 28, 2025|
Reforming Childcare in Wisconsin: Reducing Regulatory Burdens to Expand Access
By Conor Norris, Miranda Spindt, Edward Timmons and Will Flanders
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|May 9, 2025|
Progress Pulse #6: Will AI Improve the Marketplace of Ideas? Americans Divided.
By Clay Routledge
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|May 6, 2025|
Historical Nostalgia in Modern America: Exploring Its Prevalence, Appeal, and Psychological Utility
By Clay Routledge
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|April 11, 2025|
Progress Pulse #5: Americans Are Grateful For and Inspired By Progress
By Clay Routledge
Report|March 31, 2025|
Building on Momentum: Louisiana’s Path to Mobility
By Justin T. Callais
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|March 14, 2025|
The Psychological Building Blocks of Agency
By Andrew Abeyta
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|February 28, 2025|
Progress Pulse #4: Americans Who See Progress in the Past Expect It in the Future
By Clay Routledge
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|January 31, 2025|
Progress Pulse #3: Most Americans Believe They Are Agents Of Progress
By Clay Routledge
Report|January 30, 2025|
Net Productive Entrepreneurship: An MSA-Level Index 2002-2019
By Justin T. Callais, Peter T. Calcagno and Gary A. Wagner
Report|January 28, 2025|
Illinois’ Low Social Mobility: Causes and Cures
By Joshua Bandoch and Justin T. Callais
Report|December 19, 2024|
Social Mobility in Michigan: Where Do We Go From Here?
By Justin T. Callais
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|December 17, 2024|
Digital Flourishing in America
By Sophie Janicke-Bowles and Clay Routledge
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|December 11, 2024|
Gen Z and the Power of Historical Nostalgia
By discover.ai
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|November 22, 2024|
Progress Pulse #2: Americans Split on AI’s Future Impact
By Clay Routledge
Featured, Human Flourishing Lab, Report|October 31, 2024|
Progress Pulse #1: A Nation Divided on Humanity’s Future
By Clay Routledge
Report|August 28, 2024|
American Dream 2024 Snapshot: The Health and State of the American Dream
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|August 14, 2024|
State Occupational Licensing Index 2024
By Noah Trudeau and Edward Timmons
Featured, Report|June 26, 2024|
State Solutions to Empower Upward Mobility
By Archbridge Institute
Featured, Human Flourishing Lab, Report|May 31, 2024|
Exploring Americans’ Visions of the Future
By discover.ai
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|April 29, 2024|
Patriotism and Hope for America’s Future
By Clay Routledge
Report|March 18, 2024|
Reforming Mississippi’s Subsidized Childcare Towards Marriage Neutrality
By Willis Krumholz
Report|February 22, 2024|
Licensing Reform in Alaska
By Edward Timmons, Conor Norris and Noah Trudeau
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|January 31, 2024|
Hope in America: Visions of the Future
By Clay Routledge and Andrew Abeyta
Report|December 18, 2023|
Social Mobility in the 50 States: 2023 Edition
By Justin T. Callais and Gonzalo Schwarz
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|November 20, 2023|
Nostalgia in America: The Power of Looking Back to Move Forward
By Clay Routledge
Report|October 24, 2023|
Intergenerational Mobility, Social Capital, and Economic Freedom
By Justin T. Callais, Vincent Geloso and Alicia Plemmons
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|October 17, 2023|
The Science of Hope
By Andrew Abeyta
Report|September 14, 2023|
Early Childhood Education Programs: Best Practices for Maximizing Social Mobility
By Jorge Luis Garcia
Report|July 11, 2023|
Building Soft Skills for the Future of Work
By Ben Wilterdink
Report|July 2, 2023|
American Dream 2023 Snapshot: The Health and State of the American Dream
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|June 26, 2023|
Millennials Lead American Optimism For the Future
By Clay Routledge and Will Johnson
Report|May 23, 2023|
Universal Recognition: Labor Market Effects and Best Practices for Policymakers
By Edward Timmons and Kihwan Bae
Report|March 20, 2023|
State Occupational Licensing Index 2023
By Noah Trudeau and Edward Timmons
Report|December 19, 2022|
Americans Yearn for Tradition—Old and New—This Holiday Season
By Clay Routledge and Will Johnson
Report|December 6, 2022|
Economic Mobility, Business Dynamism, and Barriers to Entrepreneurship
By Justin T. Callais
Report|November 28, 2022|
The Social Power of Patriotism: Americans Who Are Proud of Their National Identity Are More Likely To Trust Their Fellow Citizens
By Clay Routledge
Report|October 11, 2022|
Personal Independence Behind Declining Birth Rates
By Clay Routledge and Will Johnson
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|August 31, 2022|
The Meaning Mindset: Existential Agency in America
By Clay Routledge
Report|July 1, 2022|
American Dream 2022 Snapshot: The Health and State of the American Dream
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|June 30, 2022|
Marginal Tax Rates and Economic Opportunity
By Cristina Enache
Report|May 30, 2022|
Economic Mobility, the Rule of Law, and Property Rights Protection
By Justin T. Callais
Report|March 31, 2022|
Patriotic Progress: National Pride and Optimism about the Future
By Clay Routledge
Report|February 28, 2022|
Reforming California’s Subsidized Childcare Toward Marriage Neutrality
By Willis Krumholz
Report|January 25, 2022|
¿Subir o caer de la escalera?: Movilidad social en Latinoamérica
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|January 25, 2022|
Climbing the ladder or falling off it: Essays on Economic Mobility in Europe
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|November 30, 2021|
Economic Mobility in America Part 3: Trends in the United States
By Scott Winship
Report|October 28, 2021|
Existential Agency in America
By Clay Routledge
Report|July 28, 2021|
American Dream 2021 Snapshot: How Americans View the American Dream and Economic Mobility
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|March 30, 2021|
Not-So Sweet Home Alabama: How Licensing Holds Back The Yellowhammer State
By Edward Timmons and Conor Norris
Report|December 14, 2020|
Who Is Proud To Be An American?
By Clay Routledge
Report|December 2, 2020|
Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First
By Willis Krumholz
Report|October 27, 2020|
American Dream 2020 Snapshot: How Americans View the American Dream and Economic Mobility
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|September 24, 2020|
Promoting Skills
By James Heckman
Human Flourishing Lab, Report|May 28, 2020|
Why Meaning Matters For Freedom And Flourishing
By Clay Routledge
Report|February 20, 2020|
Field of Broken Dreams: How Licensing Limits Opportunity in The Hawkeye State
By Edward Timmons
Report|February 6, 2019|
Deserting Workers? Barriers to Work in New Mexico
By Edward Timmons
Report|December 7, 2018|
Economic Mobility in America Part 2: The United States in Comparative Perspective
By Scott Winship
Report|October 9, 2018|
The Importance of Structural Factors in Understanding Economic Mobility
By Gonzalo Schwarz
Report|April 10, 2018|
Too Much License?
By Edward Timmons
Report|March 29, 2018|
Skill Formation and the Minimum Wage
By Ben Wilterdink
Report|January 19, 2018|
Skills for the 21st Century — Building Human Capital for Economic Mobility
By Ben Wilterdink
Report|November 2, 2017|
Barriers to Mobility
By Edward Timmons
Report|July 12, 2017|
Perceptions of Rising Opportunity Across Rich Nations and Over Time
By Scott Winship
Report|March 20, 2017|
Economic Mobility in America Part 1: Contemporary Levels of Mobility
By Scott Winship