Health care and pension benefits for construction workers: The role of prevailing wage laws

Industrial Relations

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 246-264

  Petersen, Jeffrey S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LEGISLATION; WAGE; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034117313     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0019-8676.00165     Document Type: Article

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