Working Papers
Early-stage and in-progress research from WIL fellows and researchers. Working papers, research notes, data notes, and technical specifications published before final peer review.
Research Note2
Construction Supply–Demand Balance — State-Level Tightness Bands
Hiring demand vs. licensed contractor supply — preliminary tightness bands across tracked markets.
Construction Talent Flow — Industry Migration Patterns
How construction talent moves between industries — a comparatively closed labor market.
Data Note1
Technical Note2
Project Execution Risk Matrix — Framework Specification
Technical specification for the four-dimension PERM framework — role criticality, market depth, replacement velocity, compensation volatility.
Workforce Exposure Index v2.1 — Methodology Revision
Version history and component weighting for the five-component WEI composite at state resolution.
White Paper2
AI Infrastructure Expansion and the Workforce Pressure Cascade
Foundational analysis of concurrent AI compute, data-center, and grid build-out workforce dynamics.
AI Infrastructure and the Construction Workforce Disruption
Hyperscale data-center construction concentrating pressure in electrical, mechanical, and project-leadership pools.
Intelligence Report1
Working paper policy
Working papers represent research in progress. They may be revised, superseded, or promoted to formal intelligence reports. Citations should include the publication date and note the working paper status. For formal publications, see the publication feed.