Reports

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

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

A Comparison of Highway Construction Costs in the Midwest and Nationally
By Mary Craighead

Infrastructure

In Support of Route 53/120: Understanding the Transportation, Economic, and Local Impacts of a Modern Roadway
By Mary Craighead

Infrastructure

The Economic, Fiscal, and Social Effects of Ohio’s Prevailing Wage Law 
By Frank Manzo IV, Lameck Onsarigo, Alan Atalah, and Kevin Duncan

Prevailing Wage