Prevailing wage laws and construction labor markets

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-274

  Kessler, Daniel P ^a   Katz, Lawrence F ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0012423504     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390105400204     Document Type: Article

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