1 Data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Monthly Transportation Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis, REIS, Employment by State.
2 Robert S. Goldfarb and John F. Morrall III, “The Davis-Bacon Act: An Appraisal of Recent Studies” (ILR Review 34, no. 2 (1981): 191-206, https://doi.org/10.1177/001979398103400202.
3 John F. O’Connell, “The effects of Davis-Bacon on labor cost and union wages” (Journal of Labor Research 7, no. 3 (1986): 239-253, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02685132.
4 Peter Philips et al. “Losing Ground: Lessons from the Repeal of Nine ‘Little Davis-Bacon’ Acts” (University of Utah, February 1995), https://perma.cc/W32R-7TRK.
5 David Bernstein, “The Davis-Bacon Act: Vestige of Jim Crow” (National Black Law Journal 13, no. 3, 1994), https://perma.cc/4TCC-32AU.
6 Alan Atalah, “Impact of Prevailing Wages on the Cost Among the Various Construction Trades” (Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 7, no. 6, 2013: 670, https://perma.cc/4R3D-U94Q; Lameck Onsarigo, Kevin Duncan and Alan Atalah, “The Effect of Prevailing Wages on Building Costs, Bid Competition, and Bidder Behaviour: Evidence From Ohio School Construction” (Construction Management and Economics 38, no. 10, 2020: 917-933, https://perma.cc/4GPQ-WACB.
7 Kent Gardner and Rochelle Ruffner, “Prevailing Wage in New York State: The Impact on Project Cost and Competitiveness" (Center for Government Research, January 2008), https://perma.cc/78HZ-JCE5.
8 Paul Kersey, “The Effects of Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2007), https://perma.cc/SY2L-94XX.
9 Alex Rosaen and Traci Taylor, “The Impact of Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law on Education Construction Expenditures” (Anderson Economic Group, Sept. 17, 2015), https://perma.cc/N7AE-GD9J; Alex Rosaen and Traci Taylor, "The Impact of Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law on Education Construction Expenditures" (Anderson Economic Group, Nov. 13, 2013), https://perma.cc/X4YR-9EBV.
10 Peter Philips, “Mr. Rosaen’s Magical Thinking: A Short Evaluation of Alex Rosaen’s 2013 Prevailing Wage Methodology” (University of Utah, November 2013), https://perma.cc/CSY3-L43B.
11 Nathan Lavery, "H.878 - An Act Relating to Prevailing Wages" (Vermont Legislative Joint Fiscal Office, March 25, 2014), https://perma.cc/D3RA-PG2H.
12 Richard Vedder, “Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law and Its Effects on Government Spending and Construction Employment” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 1999), https://perma.cc/H8MT-FBDC.
13 Sarah Glassman et al., “The Federal Davis-Bacon Act: The Prevailing Mismeasure of Wages” (Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, February 2008), https://perma.cc/UCJ5-N2CQ.
14 Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz, “Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets” (ILR Review 54, no. 2, January 2001: 259-274, https://perma.cc/QD7Z-9SVB.
15 Hamid Azari-Rad, Peter Philips and Mark Prus, “Making Hay When It Rains: The Effect of Prevailing Wage Regulations, Scale Economies, Seasonal, Cyclical and Local Business Patterns Have on School Construction Costs” (Journal of Education Finance 27, Spring 2002: 997-1012, https://perma.cc/RQQ9-LRWP; Hamid Azari-Rad, Peter Philips and Mark J. Prus, “State Prevailing Wage Laws and School Construction Costs” (Industrial Relations 42, no. 3, July 2003): 445-457, https://perma.cc/UC6R-DLDC.
16 Cihan Bilginsoy and Peter Philips, “Prevailing Wage Regulations and School Construction Costs: Evidence From British Columbia” (Journal of Education Finance 24, Winter 2000): 415-432, https://perma.cc/X72K-R3GY.
17 Kevin Duncan, Peter Philips and Mark Prus, “Prevailing Wage Regulations and School Construction Costs: Cumulative Evidence From British Columbia” (Industrial Relations 53, no. 4, October 2014): 593-616, https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12072.
18 Walter Fogel and David Lewin, “Wage Determination in the Public Sector” (Industrial and Labor Relations Review 27, no. 3, April 1974): 410-431, https://doi.org/10.1177/001979397402700306.
19 Edward C. Keller and William T. Hartman, “Prevailing Wage Rates: The Effects of School Construction Costs, Levels of Taxation, and State Reimbursements” (Journal of Education Finance 27, no. 2, 2001): 713-728, https://www.jstor.org/stable/20764029.
20 Jeffrey M. Vincent and Paavo Monkkonen, “The Impact of State Regulations on the Costs of Public School Construction” (Journal of Education Finance 35, no. 4, 2010): 313-331, https://perma.cc/Z346-VMNF.
21 Mike Clark, “The Effects of Prevailing Wage Laws: A Comparison of Individual Workers’ Wages Earned On and Off Prevailing Wage Construction Projects” (Journal of Labor Research 26, 2005): 725-737, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-005-1008-2.
22 Michael P. Kelsay, L. Randall Wray and Kelly D. Pinkham, “The Adverse Economic Impact From Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri” (University of Missouri-Kansas City, January 2004), https://perma.cc/NFL9-37NM.
23 Martha Norby Fraundorf, John P. Farrell and Robert Mason, “The Effect of the Davis-Bacon Act on Construction Costs in Rural Areas” (The Review of Economics and Statistics 66, no. 1, February 1984): 141-146, https://doi.org/10.2307/1924706.
24 Kevin C. Duncan, “An Analysis of Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Requirements: Evidence from Highway Resurfacing Projects in Colorado” (Colorado State University-Pueblo, June 2011), https://perma.cc/WR96-2DQX; Kevin C. Duncan, “The Effect of Federal Davis-Bacon and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Regulations on Highway Maintenance Costs” (ILR Review 68, no. 1, January 2015): 212-237, https://www.jstor.org/stable/24810285.
25 D.F. Vitaliano, “An Econometric Assessment of the Economic Efficiency of State Departments of Transportation” (International Journal of Transport Economics 29, no. 2, June 2002): 167-180, https://www.jstor.org/stable/42747624.
26 Michael J. Hicks, Michael LaFaive and Srikant Devaraj, “New Evidence on the Effect of Right-to-Work Laws on Productivity and Population Growth” (Cato Journal 36, no.1, 2016): 101-120, https://perma.cc/2D95-5ZQN.
27 Kevin Duncan and Russell Ormiston, “What Does the Research Tell Us About Prevailing Wage Laws?” (Labor Studies Journal 44, no. 2, April 6, 2018): 139-160, https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X18766398.
28 Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz, “Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets” (ILR Review 54, no. 2, January 2001: 259-274, https://perma.cc/QD7Z-9SVB.
29 Andrew Goodman-Bacon, “Difference-in-Differences With Variation in Treatment Timing” (Journal of Econometrics 225, no. 2, December 2021): 254-277, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014.
30 California Legislature, Labor Code, 2.7.1, Article 2.1771
31 “Compliance Frequently Asked Questions – Prevailing Wage for State Funded Construction Contracts” (Maryland Department of Labor), https://perma.cc/8ATY-5KR6.
32 Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz, “Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets” (ILR Review 54, no. 2, January 2001: 259-274, https://perma.cc/QD7Z-9SVB.
33 M. Hashem Pesaran, “Estimation and Inference in Large Heterogeneous Panels With A Multifactor Error Structure” (Econometrica 74, no. 4, February 2006): 967-1012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00692.x.
34 James P. LeSage, “What Regional Scientists Need to Know About Spatial Econometrics” (SSRN, January 5, 2014), https://perma.cc/XV4U-6E8S.
35 Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz, “Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets” (ILR Review 54, no. 2, January 2001: 259-274, https://perma.cc/QD7Z-9SVB.
36 M. Hashem Pesaran, “Estimation and Inference in Large Heterogeneous Panels With A Multifactor Error Structure” (Econometrica 74, no. 4, February 2006): 967-1012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00692.x; Halbert White, “A Heteroskedasticity-Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimator and a Direct Test for Heteroskedasticity” (Econometrica 48, no. 4, May 1980): 817-838, https://doi.org/10.2307/1912934.
37 Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz, “Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets” (ILR Review 54, no. 2, January 2001: 259-274, https://perma.cc/QD7Z-9SVB.
38 Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz, “Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets” (ILR Review 54, no. 2, January 2001: 259-274, https://perma.cc/QD7Z-9SVB; D.F. Vitaliano, “An Econometric Assessment of the Economic Efficiency of State Departments of Transportation” (International Journal of Transport Economics 29, no. 2, June 2002): 167-180, https://www.jstor.org/stable/42747624.
39 Richard Vedder, “Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law and Its Effects on Government Spending and Construction Employment” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 1999), https://perma.cc/H8MT-FBDC; Mike Clark, “The Effects of Prevailing Wage Laws: A Comparison of Individual Workers’ Wages Earned On and Off Prevailing Wage Construction Projects” (Journal of Labor Research 26, 2005): 725-737, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-005-1008-2; Paul Kersey, “The Effects of Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law” (Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2007), https://perma.cc/SY2L-94XX.
40 Andrew Goodman-Bacon, “Difference-in-Differences With Variation in Treatment Timing” (Journal of Econometrics 225, no. 2, December 2021): 254-277, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014.
41 Andrew Goodman-Bacon, “Difference-in-Differences With Variation in Treatment Timing” (Journal of Econometrics 225, no. 2, December 2021): 254-277, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014.
42 James P. LeSage and Matthew Dominguez, “The Importance of Modeling Spatial Spillovers in Public Choice Analysis” (Public Choice 150, no. 3/4, March 2012): 525-545, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41406895.
43 M. Hashem Pesaran, “Estimation and Inference in Large Heterogeneous Panels With A Multifactor Error Structure” (Econometrica 74, no. 4, February 2006): 967-1012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00692.x.
44 Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz, “Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets” (ILR Review 54, no. 2, January 2001: 259-274, https://perma.cc/QD7Z-9SVB.