Do Prevailing Wage Rates cost taxpayers more?
The following studies prove otherwise. Check out these amazing studies that support training and skill as value, not costs. You will need Acrobat Reader to view these reports. Prevailing Wage Studies A Comparison of Public School Construction Costs In Three Midwestern States that Have Changed Their Prevailing Wage Laws in the 1990s, by Peter Philips, University of Utah. 2/01 (16 pages) Download PDF The report focuses upon the states of Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan to examine whether or not the application of prevailing wage regulations raises construction costs and, if so, by how much. Specifically, the report analyzes new public school construction in the aforementioned states over the period of 1991-2000 to assess statistically whether or not changes in the prevailing wage policies as they applied to public school construction raised or lowered the cost of building public schools. The analysis of the school construction completed in the three states during the periods when prevailing
