RESEARCH
We engage in research to help level the playing field for contractors, workers and communities.
Research allows us to promote compliance, fairness and high quality labor standards. Compiled below you'll find studies that help keep the construction industry informed of new markets, trends and unlawful business practices.
Construction Industry Research
The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Nevada Construction Industry
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Ken Jacobs, Kuochih Huang, Jenifer MacGillvary, and Enrique Lopezlira (March 2022).
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The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Arizona Construction Industry
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
​Ken Jacobs, Kuochih Huang, Jenifer MacGillvary, and Enrique Lopezlira (March 2022).
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The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the US Construction Industry
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Ken Jacobs, Kuochih Huang, Jenifer MacGillvary, and Enrique Lopezlira (January 2022).
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The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in California’s Construction Industry
UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Ken Jacobs and Kuochih Huang (June 2021).
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Russell Ormiston, Dale Belman, and Mark Erlich; Allegheny College, Michigan State University, and Harvard University (January 2020).
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Rebuilding California: The Golden State’s Housing Workforce Reckoning
Smart Cities Prevail
Scott Littlehale (January 2019).
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Affordable Housing in Los Angeles: Delivering more— and doing it faster
McKinsey Global Institute
Jonathan Woetzel, Tim Ward, Shannon Peloquin, Steve Kling & Sucheta Arora
(November 2019).
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Kevin Duncan, Peter Philips, and Frank Manzo IV; Colorado State University-Pueblo, University of Utah, and the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (2017).
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Sinking Underground: The Growing Informal Economy in California Construction
Economic Roundtable
Yvonne Yen Liu, Daniel Flaming, Patrick Burns (September 2014).​​​