An exploration of the diffusion of policy termination: the repeal of prevailing wage laws by US state governments

Suk Joon Hwang

Policy Studies, 2021, vol. 42, issue 2, 117-131

Abstract: Most policy diffusion studies have focused on the adoption of new policies. However, the diffusion of the repeal of old policies also occurs across organizations and governments. Thus, this study contributes to enriching the theoretical development of policy diffusion from a different angle and can thereby help us learn more about why governments repeal an established policy. Economists have provided economic justifications for why a state’s prevailing wage law should be upheld or abolished depending on their stance. However, the empirical results show that economic justification is not a persuasive reason. In other words, other, non-economic factors are more influential in the repeal of a prevailing wage law: political ideology, union power, and regional diffusion. These results are in line with arguments made in previous policy termination studies.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2019.1622662

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