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Do Responsible Contractor Policies Increase Construction Bid Costs?

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  • C. Jeffrey Waddoups
  • David C. May

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type="main" xml:id="irel12056-abs-0001"> Beginning in 2000, some school districts in Ohio required contractors to incorporate health insurance coverage, among other items, into their bids. Such responsible contractor policies (RCPs) are controversial because they may raise costs. This study sheds empirical light on the controversy. We estimate construction bid costs using data on elementary school projects bid in Ohio from 1997 to 2008, some of which were covered by an RCP and others of which were not. The results indicate that once we account for variation in geographic location of schools, RCPs exert no statistically discernible impact on construction bid costs.

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  • C. Jeffrey Waddoups & David C. May, 2014. "Do Responsible Contractor Policies Increase Construction Bid Costs?," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(2), pages 273-294, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:indres:v:53:y:2014:i:2:p:273-294
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