TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Addison, John T.
        TI  - Politico-Economic Causes of Labor Regulation in the United States: Rent Seeking, Alliances, Raising Rivals' Costs (Even Lowering One's Own?), and Interjurisdictional Competition
        PY  - 2006/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2381
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2381
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - judicial review
KW  - prevailing wages
KW  - living wage ordinances
KW  - labor regulation
KW  - right-to-work
KW  - workplace safety
KW  - unjust dismissals
KW  - OSHA
KW  - interjurisdictional competition
KW  - regulatory capture
KW  - unionism.
        ER  -