The Economics of Prevailing Wage Laws (Hardcover, New Ed)

Prevailing wage laws affecting the construction industry in the United States exist at the Federal and State levels. These laws require that construction workers employed by contractors on government works be paid at least the wage rates and fringe benefits 'prevailing' for similar work where government contract work is performed. The federal law (Davis-Bacon Act) was passed in 1931. By 1969 four fifth of States had enacted prevailing wage legislation. In the 1970s, facing fiscal crises, States considered repealing their laws in an effort to reduce construction costs, and since 1979 nine States have repealed their laws. These repeals at State level along with unsuccessful attempts to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act have pushed prevailing wages to the forefront of public policy and controversy. This book, for the first time, brings together scholarly research in the economics of prevailing wages placed in historical and institutional context.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Alternative Voices in Contemporary Economics
Release date:	2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Peter Philips
Editors:	Hamid Azari-Rad
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-3255-9
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Employment & labour law
LSN:	0-7546-3255-5
Barcode:	9780754632559

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