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

Building Good Jobs on Clean Energy Projects: A Primer on the Economics of Unions and Prevailing Wage Standards in Illinois
By Frank Manzo IV

Clean Energy

COVID-19 and Transportation Funding in Illinois: One Year Later
By Mary Tyler

Infrastructure

Improving Transportation Investment through Performance-Based Programming
By Mary Tyler

Infrastructure

Promoting Good Jobs and a Stronger Economy: How Free Collective-Bargaining States Outperform “Right-to-Work” States
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Workers' Rights

On-Demand Workers, Sub-Minimum Wages: Evidence from Transportation Network Provider Trips in the City of Chicago
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Workers' Rights

The Costs of Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud in the Construction Industries of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois: Impacts on Workers and Taxpayers
By Frank Manzo IV and Nathaniel Goodell

Workers' Rights

The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Construction A Northeastern Illinois Case Study
By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Jill Gigstad

Economic Development

The Impact of Responsible Bidder Ordinances on Bid Competition and Public Construction Costs: Evidence from Illinois and Indiana, 2018-2019
By Frank Manzo IV

Responsible Bidding

The Effects of Repealing Prevailing Wage in Wisconsin: Impacts on Ten Construction Market Outcomes
By Frank Manzo IV, Kevin Duncan, Jill Gigstad, and Nathaniel Goodell

Prevailing Wage

The State of the Unions 2020: A Profile of Unionization in Chicago, in Illinois, and in the United States
By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Virginia Parks, and Jill Gigstad

Workers' Rights