Arin Dube
@arindube.bsky.social
Provost Prof. of Economics (UMass Amherst).
Inequality, labor market policies and competition.
Affiliations: NBER, IZA, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative
Preorder my book, The Wage Standard: https://www.thewagestandard.com
Inequality, labor market policies and competition.
Affiliations: NBER, IZA, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative
Preorder my book, The Wage Standard: https://www.thewagestandard.com
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Arin Dube
@arindube.bsky.social
· Sep 16
If you are interested in learning more about minimum wages, Attila Lindner and I have a new, up-to-date review of the topic, coming out in the Handbook of Labor Economics.
Here's the @nberpubs working paper. Link: nber.org/papers/w32878
Here's the @nberpubs working paper. Link: nber.org/papers/w32878
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Arin Dube has incredible work on this (@arindube.bsky.social) Here’s his page collecting it all in one spot: arindube.com/minimum-wage...
Minimum Wage
Essays, Op-eds, and Blog Posts: “Impacts of Minimum Wages: Review of International Evidence” – Report prepared for Her Majesty’s Treasury (UK), 2019. “Making…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Arin Dube has incredible work on this (@arindube.bsky.social) Here’s his page collecting it all in one spot: arindube.com/minimum-wage...
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🚨New Working Paper!🚨
@ihsaanbassier.bsky.social & I start with simple stylised fact: lower productivity firms pay ~minimum wage, even as productivity increases.
What does this mean for rent sharing/passthrough? Employment? Profits?
Monopsony model + 🇿🇦 admin data = striking conclusions!
@ihsaanbassier.bsky.social & I start with simple stylised fact: lower productivity firms pay ~minimum wage, even as productivity increases.
What does this mean for rent sharing/passthrough? Employment? Profits?
Monopsony model + 🇿🇦 admin data = striking conclusions!
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚨New Working Paper!🚨
@ihsaanbassier.bsky.social & I start with simple stylised fact: lower productivity firms pay ~minimum wage, even as productivity increases.
What does this mean for rent sharing/passthrough? Employment? Profits?
Monopsony model + 🇿🇦 admin data = striking conclusions!
@ihsaanbassier.bsky.social & I start with simple stylised fact: lower productivity firms pay ~minimum wage, even as productivity increases.
What does this mean for rent sharing/passthrough? Employment? Profits?
Monopsony model + 🇿🇦 admin data = striking conclusions!
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Wrote a new paper on the econometrics of financial event studies, would value feedback! It's very new.
With my amazing grad student Tianshu Lyu www.tianshulyu.com, who is on the market. You should hire him!
paulgp.com/papers/finan...
With my amazing grad student Tianshu Lyu www.tianshulyu.com, who is on the market. You should hire him!
paulgp.com/papers/finan...
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Wrote a new paper on the econometrics of financial event studies, would value feedback! It's very new.
With my amazing grad student Tianshu Lyu www.tianshulyu.com, who is on the market. You should hire him!
paulgp.com/papers/finan...
With my amazing grad student Tianshu Lyu www.tianshulyu.com, who is on the market. You should hire him!
paulgp.com/papers/finan...
This is the only technological revolution in the history of capitalism I am aware of where the biggest proponents have made their case by arguing the technology will put human civilization at great risk.
‘Artificial intelligence might be the most transformative technology in generations. It is also the most joyless. While Wall Street greets AI with open arms, ordinary Americans respond with ambivalence, anxiety, even dread.’ www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the only technological revolution in the history of capitalism I am aware of where the biggest proponents have made their case by arguing the technology will put human civilization at great risk.
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
This timeline really needs new characters.
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This timeline really needs new characters.
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Maine has a bill from Rep @amyroeder.bsky.social to do just this. One more reason for lawmakers to (finally) pass it when they get back in January #mepolitics
When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Maine has a bill from Rep @amyroeder.bsky.social to do just this. One more reason for lawmakers to (finally) pass it when they get back in January #mepolitics
When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
The Hassett theorem: Tariffs only affect prices when they are removed.
KARL: Tariffs have been removed from some food items. How soon do we expect prices on those goods will go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Hassett theorem: Tariffs only affect prices when they are removed.
New NYT piece on price/rent control from
@bharatramamurti.bsky.social and @nealemahoney.bsky.social
suggests a middle ground of careful use.
@bharatramamurti.bsky.social and @nealemahoney.bsky.social
suggests a middle ground of careful use.
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New NYT piece on price/rent control from
@bharatramamurti.bsky.social and @nealemahoney.bsky.social
suggests a middle ground of careful use.
@bharatramamurti.bsky.social and @nealemahoney.bsky.social
suggests a middle ground of careful use.
We really need to release all the Epstein files. A powerful disinfectant that would hold a broad swathe of elites accountable.
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
We really need to release all the Epstein files. A powerful disinfectant that would hold a broad swathe of elites accountable.
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Very exciting news. This is going to be an important book.
If you want more on wage boards and how they can achieve what Dani was referring to, check out my book The Wage Standard - now available for pre-order.
www.thewagestandard.com
www.thewagestandard.com
The Wage Standard by Arindrajit Dube: 9780593471418 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“The go-to guy on minimum wage” (Nobel Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Paul Krugman) tackles one of the thorniest social issues of our times—income inequality—from...
www.thewagestandard.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Very exciting news. This is going to be an important book.
Reading these emails is really taking a toll on the share of total IQ that I possess.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reading these emails is really taking a toll on the share of total IQ that I possess.
people really had very little to do in 2017 so they were all sending emails to epstein
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
people really had very little to do in 2017 so they were all sending emails to epstein
How high is $19 in 2028 in Portland ME? It will likely be around 65% of the median wage in MSA (calculations below). This is squarely within the experience of cities that have enacted citywide minimums, as Attila Lindner and I found in our review of 22 major cities min-to-median ratio was 63%. 🧵
Voters in Maine’s largest city on Tuesday approved Question A, a referendum that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $19 an hour by 2028.
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
How high is $19 in 2028 in Portland ME? It will likely be around 65% of the median wage in MSA (calculations below). This is squarely within the experience of cities that have enacted citywide minimums, as Attila Lindner and I found in our review of 22 major cities min-to-median ratio was 63%. 🧵
Voters in Maine’s largest city on Tuesday approved Question A, a referendum that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $19 an hour by 2028.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Voters in Maine’s largest city on Tuesday approved Question A, a referendum that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $19 an hour by 2028.
Historic.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Historic.
Predictions are hard, especially about the future, but I am quite confident that the term MNYGA will not live on...
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Predictions are hard, especially about the future, but I am quite confident that the term MNYGA will not live on...
The GOP brand is not looking great tonight.
Pushing families off SNAP and hiking their healthcare premium doesn't seem like a winning strategy for turning that around.
Pushing families off SNAP and hiking their healthcare premium doesn't seem like a winning strategy for turning that around.
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The GOP brand is not looking great tonight.
Pushing families off SNAP and hiking their healthcare premium doesn't seem like a winning strategy for turning that around.
Pushing families off SNAP and hiking their healthcare premium doesn't seem like a winning strategy for turning that around.
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If you want more on wage boards and how they can achieve what Dani was referring to, check out my book The Wage Standard - now available for pre-order.
www.thewagestandard.com
www.thewagestandard.com
The Wage Standard by Arindrajit Dube: 9780593471418 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“The go-to guy on minimum wage” (Nobel Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Paul Krugman) tackles one of the thorniest social issues of our times—income inequality—from...
www.thewagestandard.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you want more on wage boards and how they can achieve what Dani was referring to, check out my book The Wage Standard - now available for pre-order.
www.thewagestandard.com
www.thewagestandard.com
From the recent New Yorker interview of @drodrik.bsky.social
on his new book, by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social
(Link below in the thread).
on his new book, by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social
(Link below in the thread).
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
From the recent New Yorker interview of @drodrik.bsky.social
on his new book, by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social
(Link below in the thread).
on his new book, by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social
(Link below in the thread).
Looking forward to presenting tomorrow at the Princeton labor seminar.
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Looking forward to presenting tomorrow at the Princeton labor seminar.
Worth reading.
Adam Smith may have won the intellectual battle of ideas, but mercantilism has survived, and sometimes to good effects, from Dani Rodrik www.nber.org/papers/w34353
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Worth reading.
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Need to systematically search academic publications on a topic? The openalex catalog is very comprehensive and easy to access with the #RStats openalexR package
(h/t @arindube.bsky.social)
(h/t @arindube.bsky.social)
Getting Bibliographic Records from OpenAlex Database Using DSL API
A set of tools to extract bibliographic content from OpenAlex database using API <https://docs.openalex.org>.
docs.ropensci.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Need to systematically search academic publications on a topic? The openalex catalog is very comprehensive and easy to access with the #RStats openalexR package
(h/t @arindube.bsky.social)
(h/t @arindube.bsky.social)
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New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New WP: We study how minimum wage increases affect poverty and food hardship in the U.S from 1981-2019. Different from recent work, we study the Supplemental Poverty Measure + two measures of food hardship, factor in cost-of-living differences, and more. www.iza.org/publications...