A Comparison of Public School Construction Costs in Three Midwestern States that Have Changed Their Prevailing Wage Laws in the 1990’s Peter Philips, University of Utah Economics Department, February 2001.

Analysis of Regression and Surveys in Ohio LSC Report on S.B. 102 on Claimed Cost Savings from Exempting School Construction from Prevailing Wage Requirements Herbert J. Weisberg, Ohio State University, July 8, 2002.

Davis-Bacon Works! Prevailing Wage Laws are Good for America.

The Adverse Economic Impact from Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri.

Kansas and Prevailing Wage Legislation.

Kentucky’s Prevailing Wage Law: Its History, Purpose and Effect.

Questions and Answers about Davis-Bacon: Protecting the American Standard of Living.

Four Biases and a Funeral: Dr. Vedder’s Faulty Experiment Linking Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law to Construction Employment.

State Prevailing Wage Laws and School Construction Costs.

Prevailing Wage Laws.

Prevailing Wage Regulations and School Construction Costs: Evidence from British Columbia.

The Facts about Prevailing Wage Laws.

Making Hay When It Rains: The Effect Prevailing Wage Regulations, Scale Economies, Seasonal, Cyclical And Local Business Patterns Have on School Construction Costs.

Health Care and Pension Benefits for Construction Workers: The Role of Prevailing Wage Laws.

Davis-Bacon Protections on Infrastructure Projects.

Square Foot Construction Costs for Newly Constructed State and Local Schools, Offices and Warehouses in Nine Southwestern and Intermountain States.

Losing Ground: Lessons from the Repeal of Nine “Little Davis-Bacon” Acts.

Making Davis-Bacon Work: A Contractor’s Guide to Prevailing Wage Requirements for Federally-Assisted Construction Projects.

Application of the Davis-Bacon Act in the 21st Century: A Union Lawyer’s Perspective.

Weisberg Summary

Weisberg Summary(2)

2010 Signatory Contractors

Burgett Letter

2008 EPI Study

AGC Race to Bottom

Carpenters ERECT Fund

2010 Fringe Benefits Spending(updated 2-14-2011)

BFCA Race to Bottom

Carpenters JATC

Actions Need to be Taken
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CEA’s Benefits Chart

Labor Share of Construction Costs Pie Chart

OCA’s Benefits Chart

Weisberg Report

Carpenters Pension Fund

HB 153 Summary of Prevailing Wage Provisions

Thresholds in all 50 states

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