Should prevailing wages prevail? Re‐examining the effect of prevailing wage laws on affordable housing construction costs
重新评估美国现行工资法对经济适用房建设成本的影响，发现其最多增加6%的成本，为政策制定者权衡劳动标准与住房供应提供依据。
Abstract The United States faces two parallel crises: one with affordable housing supply, and one with maintaining residential construction labour standards. Historically, issues with labour standards have been addressed on public works through prevailing wage requirements. Labor standards—while good for workers—may increase construction costs; higher costs, in turn, negatively impact low‐income families by reducing supplies of affordable housing. In this article, we re‐examine whether this trade‐off exists and, if so, its implications. We estimate that prevailing wage requirements add, at most, 6 per cent to the costs of affordable housing construction.