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

The Effects of ‘Federal-Aid Swap’ Programs on Highway Construction Costs, Contractor Diversity, and Out-of-State Contractors: Evidence from Iowa
By Frank Manzo IV

Prevailing Wage

Building a Strong Minnesota: An Analysis of Minnesota’s Union Construction Industry
By Frank Manzo IV, Jill Gigstad, Robert Bruno, and Kevin Duncan

Apprenticeship Training

Protecting Workers’ Rights in Illinois: Illinois Fares Better than “Right-to-Work” States on 10 Important Economic Outcomes
By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno

Workers' Rights

Blue-Collar Construction Worker Wages Fell After Indiana Repealed Its Prevailing Wage Law
By Frank Manzo IV

Prevailing Wage

Women and Child Care in Illinois: A Survey of Working Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Frank Manzo IV, Alison Dickson, Robert Bruno, Jill Gigstad, and Emily E. LB. Twarog

Economic Development

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