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

Recent Female College Graduates Earn Less than Their Male Counterparts in Illinois, With Important Exceptions
By Jill Manzo

Economic Development

Public Policies That Grow the Illinois Economy: An Evidence-Based Review of the Current Debate
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Economic Development

ILEPI Testimony on the Potential IDOT Shutdown
By Frank Manzo IV

Infrastructure

The Union-Business Case for Firm Relocation and Investment in Illinois and Peoria
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Economic Development

IDOT Shutdown:  Understanding the Economic and Transportation Consequences
By Mary Craighead and Frank Manzo IV

Infrastructure

The Social Cost of Repealing Wisconsin’s Prevailing Wage Law
By Frank Manzo IV and Jill Manzo

Prevailing Wage

Prevailing Wage Works in McHenry County
By Jill Manzo

Prevailing Wage

New Bill Would Cut the Wages of Middle-Class Construction Workers
By Frank Manzo IV

Prevailing Wage

The State of the Unions 2017: A Profile of Unionization in Chicago, in Illinois, and in America
By Frank Manzo IV, Virginia Parks, and Robert Bruno

Workers' Rights

The $5 Billion Cost of Construction Fatalities in the United States: A 50 State Comparison
By Jill Manzo

Worker Health & Safety