Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33796 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2381
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper offers an eclectic survey of the political economy of labor regulation in the United States at federal and state levels along the dimensions of occupational health and safety, unjust dismissal, right-to-work, workplace safety and workers' compensation, living wages, and prevailing wages. We discuss rent seeking/predation, coalition formation, judicial review, and interjurisdictional competition as well as the implications of union decline. Our analysis should help dispel any notion that the U.S. labor market is unregulated while also indicating that the political process shows some sensitivity to benefits and costs.
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Working Paper

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