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The Illinois Economic Policy Institute promotes thoughtful economic growth for businesses and working families.

The Potential Economic Consequences of a Highly-Automated Construction Industry: What If Robots Turn Construction into the Next Manufacturing?
By Jill Manzo, Frank Manzo IV, and Robert Bruno

Workers' Rights

I-80 Corridor Analysis: Exemplifying the Need for Infrastructure Investment
By Mary Craighead

Infrastructure

Failing Grade: Critiquing a December 2017 Report on Prevailing Wage by the Illinois Policy Institute
By Frank Manzo IV

Prevailing Wage

The Elimination of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program: Impacts on Illinois
By Shamus Quinn, Mary Craighead, Frank Manzo IV, and Robert Bruno

Economic Development

The Consequences of Abolishing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: Estimating Impacts in Illinois
By Jill Manzo, Frank Manzo IV, and Robert Bruno

Economic Development

Climate Change and its Impact on Infrastructure Systems in the Midwest
By Mary Craighead

Clean Energy

Quality Investments: Best Practices for Business Subsidies in Illinois
By Mary Craighead

Economic Development

High-Impact Higher Education: Understanding the Costs of the Recent Budget Impasse in Illinois
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Economic Development

Preferable Alternatives: The Cost of Business Subsidies in Illinois
By Frank Manzo IV and Jill Manzo

Economic Development

The State of the Unions 2017: A Profile of Unionization in Wisconsin and in the United States
By Jill Manzo, Frank Manzo IV, Don Taylor, Michael Childers, and Robert Bruno

Economic Development