In 2011, the State of Illinois increased the training hours of a real estate license. This rule applies to both new applicants and existing real estate agents. We find that the law causes a 17% decrease in real estate employment, mainly driven by a one-time exit of existing badly-behaved agents. However, the change in the […]
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought the issue of paid sick leave to the forefront of state and national policy-making. Many sick workers are forced to choose between staying home to recover and going to work to earn a paycheck. While temporary paid sick leave in the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) […]
Immigration policy was one of the most contentious political issues in the last presidential election. It is important to have a clear picture of the labor market profiles for U.S.-born and immigrant workers in Illinois. Historically, Illinois has been one of the gateway states for immigrants. Despite the widespread perception that immigrants take jobs away […]
While a majority of Republicans and Democrats support paid family leave, the United States is the only developed country that does not guarantee some form of paid family leave for new parents. While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides 12 weeks of job protection for mothers to care for newborns, the leave is […]
Joint labor-management apprenticeship programs account for the vast majority of registered apprentices in Illinois’ construction industry. These programs are significantly more rigorous than employer-only construction programs and require more hours of on-the-job and classroom training than a typical bachelor’s. However, despite requiring more hours of training to graduate, joint construction programs have a completion rate […]