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Highway Robbery The Davis-Bacon Act Increases Costs, Decreases Employment, Republican Staff Commentary
ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection: Part C (2011 forward) Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Construction industry.
- Federal aid to transportation.
- Occupations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] [publisher not identified] 2011
- Summary:
- Staff report criticizing Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements on Federal highway construction programs, citing adverse impact on costs for taxpayer-funded projects and reduced employment for less-specialized and general laborers who are priced out of the market
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Feb. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC
- Vendor supplied data
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Highway Robbery:. 2011 J842-8
- Publisher Number:
- CMP-2011-ECJ-0009
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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