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
Calculations for min-to-median ratio: Portland, ME MSA median wage in 2024 was $25.62. Based on a 3.5% nominal growth rate, it'll likely be ~$29.40 in 2028, when the $19 min wage is phased in. That would put it at ~65% of the median wage in 2028. data.bls.gov/oes/#/area/0...
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
data.bls.gov
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Calculations for min-to-median ratio: Portland, ME MSA median wage in 2024 was $25.62. Based on a 3.5% nominal growth rate, it'll likely be ~$29.40 in 2028, when the $19 min wage is phased in. That would put it at ~65% of the median wage in 2028. data.bls.gov/oes/#/area/0...
In that review, we found that these major cities implementing citywide minimums saw strong wage growth at the bottom, with little overall impact on low-wage jobs.
Link to our 2021 JEP review of citywide min wages: pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Link to our 2021 JEP review of citywide min wages: pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In that review, we found that these major cities implementing citywide minimums saw strong wage growth at the bottom, with little overall impact on low-wage jobs.
Link to our 2021 JEP review of citywide min wages: pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Link to our 2021 JEP review of citywide min wages: pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Reposted by Arin Dube
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...
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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
Link to the New Yorker piece: www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Can the Global Economy Be Healed?
A noted Harvard economist presents an optimistic vision of a world after Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Link to the New Yorker piece: www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
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
Much of actually existing social democracy has been about redistribution within labor income, both through predistribution and through tax/transfers.
October 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Much of actually existing social democracy has been about redistribution within labor income, both through predistribution and through tax/transfers.
(No circulating draft yet. Stay tuned!)
October 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
(No circulating draft yet. Stay tuned!)
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This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like