Prevailing Wage

Prevailing Wage Opponents Fail Labor Market Statistics 101

Posted by Mark Price on April 2, 2012 10:38 am
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Part Two of a Three-part Series on Prevailing Wage. Read Part 1.

The overwhelming weight of evidence based on the actual cost of public construction projects shows that prevailing wage laws do not raise costs. Therefore, advocates of repealing the law in Pennsylvania ignore this evidence. Instead of “evidence-based policy,” we have “lack-of-evidence-based policy.” Go figure.

Prevailing Wage Opponents Fail the Laugh Test

Posted by Mark Price on March 30, 2012 9:26 am
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Part One of a Three-part Series on Prevailing Wage

Prevailing wage laws have long operated nationally and in states as a check against the tendency of the construction industry to degenerate into destructive wage and price competition. Such competition can drive skilled and experienced workers from the industry, reduce productivity and quality, and lead to poverty-level jobs, all without saving construction customers any money.

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