Reports

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

State Prevailing Wage Laws Reduce Racial Income Gaps in Construction: Impacts by Trade, 2013-2015
By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Jill Manzo

Prevailing Wage

President Trump’s Proposed Infrastructure Plan: The Shift to Local Funding and Illinois’ Response
By Mary Craighead

Infrastructure

Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Among Midwest Construction Workers
By Frank Manzo IV and Jill Manzo

Worker Health & Safety

The Effects of Repealing Common Construction Wage in Indiana: Impacts on Ten Constructin Market Outcomes
By Frank Manzo IV and Kevin Duncan

Prevailing Wage

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