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Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty

What is occupational licensing, how does it affect employment and consumer costs, and what options exist for reform?

An employer handbook

Wisconsin licensing boards are routinely in violation of law requiring public representation

Two studies look at Wisconsin’s complex community corrections system and why many on supervision are failing.

A better way to help the disabled get to work.

An analysis of the accelerating outbound migration across the border to the Badger State

The high cost of increasing the minimum wage in Wisconsin to $15

A primer on Wisconsin’s unsustainable transportation revenues

Context and Trends

A solution to Wisconsin’s costly dental access problem?

A guide to fair, simple, pro-growth reform

How Wisconsin policy punishes low-income families for getting married – and what to do about it
February 2019

Fair-chance hiring laws may hurt the job-seekers they aim to help

The Wisconsin Criminal Justice Coalition, led by the Badger Institute, offers policy ideas for combating recidivism, fostering opportunity, saving taxpayer money and maintaining public safety.

How federal grants are depriving us of our money, liberty and trust in government – and what we can do about it. This book by the Badger Institute urges states to push back.

A policy brief from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.

In response to a tight state labor market, our latest report offers strategies for increasing labor force participation. The authors find that increasing the participation rate by just 1 percentage point would increase gross state product by a whopping $667 annually per resident.

How to let Wisconsin’s judges help job-seekers and employers.
The report includes two policy briefs:
► Problems with Wisconsin’s Expungement Law: How the Law is Used and How to Make It More Equitable and Effective
► Sentence Adjustment Petitions: Is this Truth-in-Sentencing Provision Really Working?

(and the real-world stories of Wisconsinites cheated out of their livelihoods)

Research and stories show the need for occupational licensing reform in Wisconsin. Authors include Ike Brannon, Logan Albright, Scott Niederjohn, Mark Schug and Jan Uebelherr.