State prevailing wage laws and school construction costs

Industrial Relations

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-457

  Azari Rad, Hamid ^a   Philips, Peter ^b   Prus, Mark J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0043269705     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-232X.00299     Document Type: Article

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