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Chang, C-Y, Chou, H-Y and Wang, M-T (2006) Characterizing the corporate governance of UK listed construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 647-56.

Duncan, K, Philips, P and Prus, M (2006) Prevailing wage legislation and public school construction efficiency: a stochastic frontier approach1. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 625-34.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Prevailing wage laws; regression analysis
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190600601719
  • Abstract:

    Stochastic frontier regression is used to examine the effect of introducing prevailing wage legislation on public school construction efficiency in British Columbia. Prior to the legislation, public school projects were from 16% to 19% smaller, in terms of square feet, than comparable private structures. However, likelihood ratio tests consistently indicate that the coefficients measuring the effect of the policy on the size differential between covered and uncovered projects are not statistically different from zero. These results suggest that construction wage requirements did not alter input utilisation in a way that significantly affected construction output. Average inefficiency for school construction in British Columbia over the period of the study is 12.1%.

Hartmann, A (2006) The context of innovation management in construction firms. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 567-78.

Hyari, K and El-Rayes, K (2006) Field experiments to evaluate lighting performance in nighttime highway construction. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 591-601.

Navon, R and Berkovich, O (2006) An automated model for materials management and control. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 635-46.

Phua, F T T (2006) When is construction partnering likely to happen? An empirical examination of the role of institutional norms. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 615-24.

Soetanto, R, Dainty, A R J, Glass, J and Price, A D F (2006) Towards an explicit design decision process: the case of the structural frame. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 603-14.

Song, Y, Liu, C and Langston, C (2006) Linkage measures of the construction sector using the hypothetical extraction method. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 579-89.