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

A Decade of Illinois’ Migration Patterns: Providing Demographic, Geographic, and Socioeconomic Context
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Economic Development

Lower Pay in Higher Ed: Exploring the Pay Gap Between Public University Workers and State Employees in Illinois
By Robert Bruno, Andrew Wilson, and Frank Manzo IV

Workers' Rights

The Effects of Right to Work Regulations on Worker Earnings, Union Membership, and Labor Force Participation Across the United States
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Prevailing Wage

The State of the Unions 2023: A Profile of Unionization in Chicago, in Illinois, and in the United States
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Workers' Rights

Construction Apprenticeships as a Career Development Alternative in Indiana: Enrollment, Diversity, Hours, Completion Rates, and Earnings in Registered Apprenticeship Programs
By Frank Manzo IV, Andrew Wilson, and Robert Bruno

Apprenticeship Training

Construction Apprenticeships as a Career Development Alternative in Michigan: Enrollment, Diversity, Hours, Completion Rates, and Earnings in Registered Apprenticeship Programs
By Frank Manzo IV, Andrew Wilson, and Robert Bruno

Apprenticeship Training

Indiana Transportation Funding:  Analyzing Recent State and Local Government Revenue Changes & Their Reach
By Mary Tyler

Infrastructure

How the Workers’ Rights Amendment Passed in Illinois: A Political Analysis
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Workers' Rights

An Economic Impact Analysis of Hiring Local in Springfield, Missouri
By Robert Bruno and Frank Manzo IV

Economic Development

Hiring Local on Transportation Infrastructure Projects in Pennsylvania: Employment, Economic, Fiscal, and Training Impacts
By Stephen Herzenberg, Frank Manzo IV, Andrew Wilson, and Lonnie Golden

Economic Development