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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector
Bilginsoy, Cihan - 2009
This paper estimates the union effects on the wage gap and dispersion in two pooled samples of construction …
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Mr. Rosaen's magical thinking: A short evaluation of Alex Rosaen's 2013 prevailing wage methodology
Philips, Peter - 2013
This paper critically reviews Alex L. Rosaen, The Impact of Michigan's Prevailing Wage Law on Education Construction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369467
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Should green jobs be outsourced?
Philips, Peter - 2013
The proposed Sempra 1250 megawatt (MW) tieline connecting the California grid to envisioned new wind-farms in Mexico is not just about electricity. It is also about foregone opportunities, lost human capital investment, lost worklives, lost tax revenues, and diminished economic development...
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Contractor safety prequalification
Philips, Peter; Waitzman, Norman - 2013
case, the relative value of contractor safety capabilities against contractor price and quality offerings. Construction … work is particularly difficult to safety prequalify because the ramp-up time to bidding is short; construction uses several … that whole segments of the construction industry are prequalified for a wide range of hosts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369474
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Bio-pharma's impact on California's state and local economy
Philips, Peter; Duncan, Kevin - 2013
, about 2000 construction workers build and refurbish the infrastructure of this industry in California annually putting in … place about $1 billion of new and renovated buildings. The economic impact of this construction activity adds a total of …,000 construction and other jobs, lost more than $900 million in economic activity associated with the construction of this plant and …
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