Format:
Online Ressource
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9781351891059
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1351891057
Series Statement:
Alternative voices in contemporary economics
Content:
This book, for the first time, brings together scholarly research in the economics of prevailing wages placed in historical and institutional context
Content:
Introduction : prevailing wage regulations and public policy in the construction industry / Hamid Azari-Rad, Peter Philips, and Mark J. Prus -- The American construction industry : an overview / Gerald Finkel -- Thoughtless think tanks : sound bite thinking about the history and intent of prevailing wage laws / Hamid Azari-Rad and Peter Philips -- Prevailing wage laws, unions, and minority employment in construction / Dale Belman -- Prevailing wage laws and construction costs : evidence from British Columbia's skills development and fair wage policy / Kevin Duncan and Mark J. Prus -- Wage regulation and training : the impact of state prevailing wage laws on apprenticeship / Cihan Bilginsoy -- Prevailing wage laws and injury rates in construction / Hamid Azari-Rad -- Benefits vs. wages : how prevailing wage laws affect the mix and magnitude of compensation to construction workers / Jeffrey S. Petersen and Erin M. Godtland -- Health care subsidies in construction : does the public sector subsidize low wage contractors? / C. Jeffrey Waddoups -- Pension and health insurance coverage in construction labor markets / Mark A. Price
Note:
First published in 2005 by Ashgate Publishing. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 7, 2017)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
9780754632559
Additional Edition:
1351891057
Additional Edition:
9781351891059
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Azari-Rad, Hamid Economics of prevailing wage laws London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2016, ©2005 9780754632559
Language:
English
Keywords:
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