NOTES

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Kansas and Prevailing Wage Legislation, -
Peter Philips Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Utah

2/98 (56 pages)  (Summary)  (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file)
The Facts About the Prevailing Wage Law - Acrobat PDF file
Losing Ground: Lessons from the Repeal of Nine "Little Davis-Bacon" Acts. Peter Philips, Garth Mangum, Norm Waitzman and Anne Yeagle.  2/95 (98 pages)  (Summary) (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file)
Square Foot Construction Costs for Newly Constructed State and Local Schools, Offices and Warehouses in Nine Southwestern States.
Peter Philips Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Utah.  9/96 (48 pages)  (Summary) (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file)
Kentucky's Prevailing Wage Law: It's Histrory, Purpose and Effect.
Peter Philips. 11/99  (91 pages) (Summary) (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file)
Making Hay When It Rains: The Effect Prevailing Wage Regulations, Scale Economies, Seasonal, Cyclical and Local Businesss Patterns Have On School Construction Costs.  Peter Philips.  2/02
(Summary) (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file)
Four Biases and a Funeral - Dr. Vedder's Faulty Experiment Linking Michigan's Prevailing Wage Law to Construction Employment. 
Peter Philips.  2/01  (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file) 

The Prevailing Wage and Occupational Safety:

Part I  - Safety on the Job:  The Prevailing Wage Track Record

Part II - Michigan -- The Prevailing Wage Saves Lives, Limbs, and Livelihoods

3/03  (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file)
 

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.  July 8, 2002 (14 pages) (Summary) (Full Text - Acrobat PDF file)