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Akan, G T, Arditi, D and Imre, M (1984) Priority ranking of highway improvement projects. Construction Management and Economics, 2(01), 49-55.
Baron, T (1984) Housing in the inner cities. Construction Management and Economics, 2(01), 13-24.
Jenkins, A W (1984) Social policy and construction wage formation: the Alberta experience. Construction Management and Economics, 2(01), 25-36.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: building activity; inflation; social policy; wage settlements
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446198400000003
- Abstract:
A number of social policies affecting the level of construction wage settlements are examined theoretically. Next, the empirical magnitude of the effects of a subset of these are estimated within a pooled cross-sectional, time-series regression analysis of wage settlements in the unionized construction industry of Alberta over the past two decades. Particularly of note are the reductions in these settlements due to the legal sanction of centralized collective bargaining and the imposition of wage controls; the increases in wages due to large upswings in government sponsored building activity (with an elasticity coefficient of 0.3): and the neutrality of wage settlement with respect to any short-term increases in government subsidized trades training and the legalization of no strike, no lockout agreements.
Lewis, T M (1984) A review of the causes of recent problems in the construction industry of Trinidad and Tobago. Construction Management and Economics, 2(01), 37-48.
McDonald, P (1984) Construction claims costing for owners and contractors. Construction Management and Economics, 2(01), 1-12.
Morrison, N (1984) The accuracy of quantity surveyor's cost estimating. Construction Management and Economics, 2(01), 57-75.
Scott, D (1984) Economic evaluation of minor roading projects. Construction Management and Economics, 2(01), 77-90.