@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
@arindube.bsky.social@arindube.bsky.socialI had not listened to Susan Collins of late, until tonight. She sounds ...terrible. I can't believe she is running for office.
@arindube.bsky.socialFor increases in fed MW up to around 2/3 Median Wage, I would suggest a range between -0.3 and +0.3 capturing realistic uncertainty.
@arbeiterkammer.atReposted by @arindube.bsky.socialSeit 20 Jahren erforscht @arindube.bsky.social den #Arbeitsmarkt - vor allem die Auswirkungen von #Mindestlöhnen. Wir freuen uns, dass der renommierte Wirtschaftswissenschafter der @umassamherst.bsky.social am 20. Oktober Gast in der #AK ist und sein Buch "The Wage Standard" vorstellt. 1/2
@magdalenamaad.bsky.socialReposted by @arindube.bsky.socialVeranstaltungsempfehlung für den 20.Oktober um 18:30! Buchpräsentation von @arindube.bsky.social 📖 Meldet euch an, es gibt noch Plätze!
@arindube.bsky.socialAlso see the Github repository: economic.github.io/owe/
@arindube.bsky.socialLink to study with @benzipperer.org: www.nber.org/system/files...
@arindube.bsky.socialApropos of claims being made on the other site about minimum wage effects on jobs. I encourage you to look at our work on the own-wage elasticity (OWE). Most studies suggest effects that are either positive or small negative, where magnitudes are economically interpretable. 1/
@ineq-wu.bsky.socialReposted by @arindube.bsky.social🎓 INEQ Research Seminar is back for the winter term!
We kick things off on 12 Oct. with a book presentation by Martin Schürz (in German). The following week, we welcome @arindube.bsky.social – a connection that started on Bluesky! 👋
🔗 Schedule & details:
short.wu.ac.at/en_ineq_rs
#INEQ #INEQ_RS
@arindube.bsky.socialIt's really ironic that precisely at the moment when Americans mad about affordability are propelling Democrats to take over the House and the Senate, Barack Obama is offering this advice. It's frankly completely out of touch, but also highlights why we are here to begin with.
@arindube.bsky.socialCharting a path of shared prosperity is the way to bring Americans together. Not by some abstract story telling. /end
@arindube.bsky.socialToday we have a chance to shape our economic future - both in making sure we have good paying jobs and also make sure we shape the path of technology so it actually helps working people and not a handful of tech company elites.
@arindube.bsky.socialIt's a fatal conceit to think we can tell a moral and ethical story to bring Americans together today without addressing the economic reality that has failed them too often over the past 50 years.
That's the story I tell in The Wage Standard: and what we can do to change it.
@arindube.bsky.socialCheck out my new post! How prices at the pump relate to which party controls the senate.
@arindube.bsky.socialThis paper by @davidautor.bsky.social & co-authors is one of the most important papers to date in the space of what AI does to learning.
It's highly credible. And very much consistent with my own experience with use of agentic AI in research and teaching.
@econfip.bsky.socialReposted by @arindube.bsky.socialFrom EFIP member Arin Dube: "...the politics of capital income and wealth taxation is about to change."
@arindube.bsky.socialPrediction: the politics of capital income and wealth taxation is about to change. Concentrated wealth as an abstract concept doesn't animate voters as much as when that wealth is tied to a technology that voters are very concerned about.
@arindube.bsky.socialHere's a link for the book:
@arindube.bsky.socialI am looking forward to giving talks on The Wage Standard in Europe - in Wien, Oxford, London (Resolution Foundation), and Torino (Intl. festival of economics). October will be a busy month! Also exciting is that these talks will include some new findings. Coming soon! 1/
@arindube.bsky.socialYes, there are measurement issues, tax treatment of pass-throughs, etc. But the big picture is clear.
