Wages in Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin lagged those in other Rust Belt states, but the number of jobs increased faster after the three adopted right-to-work laws, according to a study out this month by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute, a liberal nonprofit.

Overall wages grew in the three states, but the increase was modest. The report argued that was most likely because of weaker unions in those states.

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