Design for Housing and Urban Development (HUD's) Residential Construction Wage Survey. Volume 1: Survey Design Alternatives

摘要

The report is the first volume of a four-volume report whose major purpose is to develop alternative survey designs to acquire residential construction wage data for use in determining prevailing wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act. This first volume of the final report includes discussion of the scope of existing HUD residential survey activities, and an assessment of the current HUD residential survey effort. The need for residential surveys, for formulating alternative approaches to conducting residential surveys, and for estimating costs and impact of alternative survey designs on HUD housing programs is considered. Finally, recommendations for future HUD actions are offered. Tables and footnotes are provided. Appendices contain data on estimates, methodology, and methodological alternatives.