Prevailing Wage and the American Dream: Impacts on Homeownership, Housing Wealth, and Property Tax Revenues
February 19, 2020 | By Frank Manzo IV, Jill Gigstad, and Robert Bruno
Research Report
The Impact of Repealing West Virginia’s Prevailing Wage Law: Economic Effects on the Construction Industry and Fiscal Effects on School Construction Costs
May 21, 2019 | By Frank Manzo IV and Michael Kelsay
Research Report
An Examination of Minnesota’s Prevailing Wage Law: Effects on Costs, Training, and Economic Development
July 16, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV and Kevin Duncan
Research Report
State Prevailing Wage Laws Reduce Racial Income Gaps in Construction: Impacts by Trade, 2013-2015
February 28, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Jill Manzo
Policy Brief
Frank Manzo IV Testimony on the Impacts of Repealing the Prevailing Wage
February 27 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV
Testimony
Robert Bruno Testimony on the Impacts of Repealing the Prevailing Wage
February 27 2018 | By Robert Bruno
Testimony
Kevin Duncan Testimony on the Impacts of Repealing the Prevailing Wage
February 27 2018 | By Kevin Duncan
Testimony
The Effects of Repealing Common Construction Wage in Indiana: Impacts on Ten Construction Market Outcomes
January 29, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV and Kevin Duncan
Research Report
Failing Grade: Critiquing a December 2017 Report on Prevailing Wage by the Illinois Policy Institute
December 17, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV
Economic Commentary
The Social Costs of Repealing Wisconsin’s Prevailing Wage Law
June 19, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV and Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
Prevailing Wage Works in McHenry County
June 9, 2017 | By Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
A New Bill to Use BLS Data for Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Would Be a Pay Cut for Middle-Class Construction Workers
June 1, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV
Memo
Building America with Prevailing Wage: The Davis-Bacon Act Delivers Good Middle-Class Jobs, a Strong Economy, and the Best Value for U.S. Taxpayers
April 14, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV, Kevin Duncan, and Peter Philips
Research Report
The Economic, Fiscal, and Social Effects of Ohio’s Prevailing Wage Law
April 10, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV, Lameck Onsarigo, Alan Atalah, and Kevin Duncan
Research Report
Prevailing Wage and Military Veterans in Connecticut: Applied Policy Brief
April 6, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV, Jill Manzo, Kevin Duncan, and Robert Bruno
Policy Brief
The Economic, Fiscal, and Social Effects of Kentucky’s Prevailing Wage Law
December 15, 2016 | By Frank Manzo and Kevin Duncan
Research Report
Weakening Waukesha County: Prevailing Wage Changes Will Hurt the County
November 11, 2016 | By Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
Prevailing Wage Repeal Cannot Result in “44 Percent Savings”: Evidence from Southwestern Wisconsin
October 26, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Economic Commentary
Prevailing Wage and Military Veterans in Minnesota: Applied Policy Brief
October 5, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Jill Manzo, Kevin Duncan, and Robert Bruno
Policy Brief
The Prevailing Wage is the Local Market Rate: Employment and Job Turnover Evidence from the Border of Illinois
August 29, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Research Report
School Construction and Prevailing Wage in Minnesota
August 23, 2016 | By Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
Prevailing Wage and Military Veterans in Wisconsin: Applied Policy Brief
August 18, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Jill Manzo, Kevin Duncan, and Robert Bruno
Policy Brief
Building a Strong Winnebago County: How Prevailing Wage Works
July 27, 2016 | By Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
The Impact of Prevailing Wage Laws on Military Veterans: An Economic and Labor Market Analysis
May 10, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Kevin Duncan
Research Report
An Analysis of the Impact of Prevailing Wage Thresholds On Public Construction: Implications for Illinois
April 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Research Report
The Impacts of New Mexico House Bills 110 & 200 (2016)
February 16, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Kevin Duncan, and Alex Lantsberg
Policy Brief
The Economic, Fiscal, and Social Impacts of State Prevailing Wage Laws: Choosing Between the High Road and the Low Road in the Construction Industry
February 9, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Alex Lantsberg, and Kevin Duncan
Research Report
Towards the High Road in the New Hampshire Construction Industry: The Impact of a State Prevailing Wage Law
January 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Kevin Duncan, Alex Lantsberg, and Stephen Herzenberg
Research Report
Weakening Prevailing Wage Hurts Local Contractors and Workers: A Case Study from Southern Indiana
June 15, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Economic Commentary
The Cost of Repealing Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Policy: Impacts on Total Construction Costs and Economic Activity
June 25, 2015 | By Frank Manzo IV, Kevin Duncan, and Alex Lantsberg
Research Report
Building a Strong Lake County: How Prevailing Wage Works
June 19, 2015 | By Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
Building a Strong DuPage County: How Prevailing Wage Works
June 12, 2015 | By Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
Building a Strong Kane County: How Prevailing Wage Works
June 9, 2015 | By Jill Manzo
Economic Commentary
Prevailing Wage Laws, Contractor Profits, and the Economic Pie
January 28, 2015 | By Frank Manzo IV
Economic Commentary
Building a Strong McHenry County: How Prevailing Wage Works
August 11, 2014 | By Frank Manzo IV
Economic Commentary
Regarding Illinois’ Prevailing Wage Law and School Construction Costs
August 1, 2014 | By Frank Manzo IV
Testimony
Testimony on Illinois Senate Bill 1046
August 1, 2014 | By Frank Manzo IV and Marc Poulos
Testimony
Self-Sufficient Construction Workers: Why Prevailing Wage Laws are the Best Deal for Taxpayers
August 11, 2014 | By Frank Manzo IV and LeNee Carroll
Research Report
Common Sense Construction: The Economic Impacts of Indiana’s Common Construction Wage
June 23, 2014 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Scott Littlehale
Research Report
A Weakened State: The Economic and Social Impacts of Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Illinois (Policy Brief)
October 7, 2013 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Dale Belman, and Alison Dickson Quesada
Policy Brief
A Weakened State: The Economic and Social Impacts of Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Illinois
October 7, 2013 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Dale Belman, and Alison Dickson Quesada
Research Report